King James Version
Job 27:6 in the King James Version says “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. fr...” — study this verse from Job chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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”
Job 27:6 · KJV
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.
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
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“My righteousness”
H6666rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
“I hold”
H2388to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restra
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“fast and will not let it go”
H7503to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“shall not reproach”
H2778to pull off, i.e., (by implication) to expose (as by stripping); specifically, to betroth (as if a surrender); figuratively, to carp at, i.e., defame;
“me so long as I live”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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