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Job 27:4
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Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
my lips will not speak evil, and my tongue will not tell a lie.
my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will whisper no deceit.
My lips will not speak unjustly, Nor will my tongue utter deceit.
My lips certainly will not speak unjustly, Nor will my tongue mutter deceit.
Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.
My lips surely shall speake no wickednesse, and my tongue shall vtter no deceite.
My lips certainly will not speak unrighteousness,Nor will my tongue utter deceit.
my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
I will tell only the truth.
my lips will not speak unrighteousness, or my tongue utter deceit.
My lips shall not speak unrighteousness, nor my tongue utter deceit!
I will not be a hypocrite. I will not lie.
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
my lips will never say anything evil, my tongue will never tell a lie.
my lips surely will not speak falseness, and my tongue surely will not utter deceit.
my lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
whyle my breth is in me, and as longe as the wynde (that God hath geuen me) is in my nostrels.
Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.
Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.
Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit;
My lips shall not speake wickednesse, nor my tongue vtter deceit.
My lippes shall talke of no vanitie, and my tongue shall speake no disceite.
my lips shall not speak evil words, neither shall my soul meditate unrighteous thoughts.
Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit.
my lippis schulen not speke wickidnesse, nether my tunge schal thenke a leesyng.
Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
My lips will not speak wickedness, Nor my tongue utter deceit.
my lips will speak no evil, and my tongue will speak no lies.
my lips will not speak what is not true, and my tongue will not lie.
my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
Verily my lips shall not speak perversity, nor shall, my tongue, utter deceit.
My lips shall not speak iniquity, neither shall my tongue contrive lying.
my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.
My lips certainly will not speak unjustly, Nor will my tongue mutter deceit.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
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Job 13:7, Job 34:6, John 8:55, 2 Corinthians 11:10
Reciprocal: Job 6:29 - my righteousness Job 32:1 - righteous Job 33:3 - the
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He blessed him and said:
They blessed Rebekah, saying to her:
When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could not see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.”
‘Bring me game and make a delicious meal for me to eat so that I can bless you in the Lord’s presence before I die.’
Then Rebekah took the best clothes of her older son Esau, which were in the house, and had her younger son Jacob wear them.
But Isaac said to his son, “How did you ever find it so quickly, my son?”
So Jacob came closer to his father Isaac. When he touched him, he said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”
He did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.
Then he said, “Bring it closer to me, and let me eat some of my son’s game so that I can bless you.” Jacob brought it closer to him, and he ate; he brought him wine, and he drank.
So he came closer and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothes, he blessed him and said:
Gill's Notes on the Bible
My lips shall not speak wickedness,.... This is the thing he swears to, this the matter of his oath, not only that he would not speak a wicked word not anything corrupt, unsavoury, unchaste, profane, and idle nor speak evil of his neighbours and friends or of any man; but that he would not speak wickedly of himself, as he must do, if he owned himself to be a wicked man and an hypocrite as his friends charged him, and they would have had him confessed; but he swears he would not utter such wickedness as long as he had any breath in him:
nor my tongue utter deceit; which respects the same thing; not merely any fallacy or lie, or what might impose upon and deceive another, which yet he was careful of; but such deceit and falsehood as would be a belying himself, which would be the case should he say that he was devoid of integrity and sincerity.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
My lips shall not speak wickedness - This solemn profession made on oath might have done something to allay the suspicions of his friends in regard to him, and to show that they had been mistaken in his character. It is a solemn assurance that he did not mean to vindicate the cause of wickedness, or to say one word in its favor; and that as long as he lived he would never be found advocating it.
Nor my tongue utter deceit - I will never make any use of sophistry; I will not attempt to make âthe worse appear the better reason;â I will not be the advocate of error. This had always been the aim of Job, and he now says that no circumstance should ever induce him to pursue a different course as long as he lived. Probably he means, also, as the following verse seems to imply, that no consideration should ever induce him to countenance error or to palliate wrong. He would not be deterred from expressing his sentiments by any dread of opposition, or even by any respect for his friends. No friendship which he might have for them would induce him to justify what he honestly regarded as error.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 27:4. My lips shall not speak wickedness — As I have hitherto lived in all good conscience before God, as he knoweth, so will I continue to live.
