Job 27:6 “I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live,…”

Job 27:6

I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

World English Bible

I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart will not reproach me so long as I live.

American Standard Version

My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

Geneva Bible 1599

I will keepe my righteousnesse, and wil not forsake it: mine heart shall not reprooue me of my dayes.

Darby Translation

My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart reproacheth [me] not one of my days.

Young's Literal Translation

On my righteousness I have laid hold, And I do not let it go, My heart doth not reproach me while I live.

Bible in Basic English

I will keep it safe, and will not let it go: my heart has nothing to say against any part of my life.

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Cross references

“I hold fast”

Job 2:3 Proverbs 4:13 Psalm 18:20–23

Job 2:3 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you i…

Proverbs 4:13 · BSB

Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.

Psalm 18:20–23 · BSB

The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.

“my heart”

Acts 24:16 2 Corinthians 12:11 1 John 3:20 1 John 3:21

Acts 24:16 · BSB

In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.

2 Corinthians 12:11 · BSB

I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

1 John 3:20 · BSB

Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.

1 John 3:21 · BSB

Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

7May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.

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