Job 27:4 “my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit…”

Job 27:4

my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

World English Bible

surely my lips will not speak unrighteousness, neither will my tongue utter deceit.

American Standard Version

Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

Geneva Bible 1599

My lips surely shall speake no wickednesse, and my tongue shall vtter no deceite.

Darby Translation

My lips shall not speak unrighteousness, nor my tongue utter deceit!

Young's Literal Translation

My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.

Bible in Basic English

Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.

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In context

3as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,

5I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.

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