King James Version
Job 27:5 in the King James Version says “God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.” — study this verse from Job chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.”
Job 27:5 · KJV
All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; the spirit: that is, the breath which God gave him
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. so long: Heb. from my days
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“that I should justify”
H6663to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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