Job 27:6

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Job 27:6

I hold fast, Heb. I have held fast, i.e., I have not only begun well, but continued in well-doing; which is a plain evidence that I am no hypocrite. Or, the past tense is put for the future, as is usual, I will hold fast, declaratively, as before, I will maintain it, that howsoever you calumniate me, I am a righteous person. My heart, i.e. my conscience, as the heart is oft used, as 1 Samuel 24:5; 1 Samuel 25:31; Ezekiel 14:5; 1 John 3:20,1 John 3:21. Shall not reproach me; either, 1. With... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Job 27:1-23

JOB’S REPLY TO THE FRIENDS IN GENERALJob now alone in the field. Zophar, who should have followed Bildad, and to whom Job had given opportunity to speak, has apparently nothing to say. Job, therefore, after a pause, resumes his discourse, but in a different tone. Speaks more calmly, and even more solemnly. Declares, even with an appeal to the Almighty, that, notwithstanding all he still suffers at the hand of God, and however God seems to treat him as a guilty person, he is resolved, as a... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Job 27:6

DISCOURSE: 477SELF-REPROACHJob 27:6. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.JOB had been represented by God as a perfect and upright man: and the severe trials he was called to endure served only to prove the truth of that assertion. True it is that he was occasionally driven by the unkindness of his friends and the depth of his sufferings to speak without due reverence for the Supreme Being; but never were the predictions of Satan, or the accusations of his own friends, verified... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Job 27:1-23

Chapter 27Job continued his answer and he said, As God lives, who has taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who has vexed my soul; All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; 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, I'll not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me as long as I live ( Job 27:1-6 ).Job has now just had... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Job 27:1-23

Job 27:1 . Parable, equivalent to a wise, learned and conclusive speech. Job 27:2 . God hath taken away my judgment. The old readings here are preferable. The LXX, God judgeth me thus, or so heavily. Chaldaic, He taketh away the rule of my judgment; that is, he does not judge me according to the manner of men: he makes my case special, and out of the common rule. Job 27:3 . The Spirit of God is in my nostrils. Poole thinks that Job alludes here to Genesis 2:7. If so, Moses must... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 27:1-10

Job 27:1-10Moreover Job continued his parable. Points in Job’s parableI. A solemn asseveration. “As God liveth.” The words imply a belief--1. In the reality of the Divine existence. Whilst some deny this fact, the bulk of the race practically ignore it.2. In the awfulness of the Divine existence. There is a sublime awfulness in the words, “As God liveth.”3. In the severity of the Divine existence. “Who hath taken away my judgment, and the Almighty who hath vexed my soul.” As nature has winter... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 27:3-6

Job 27:3-6Till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.Moral courageIt is the aim of all men to secure happiness. As to the course they think best adapted to secure this they differ most widely, and as to what constitutes real happiness the most different opinions are entertained, yet the desire for that which each considers to be happiness is universal. Physical courage is common enough all over the world, but moral courage is a rare phenomenon. Before the fear of being thought foolish,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 27:6

Job 27:6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live. Ver. 6. My righteousness I hold fast ] As with tooth and nail, yea, though it be to the loss of my teeth, Mordicus tenebo, as it befell that valiant Sir Thomas Challoner, who served, when he was young, under Charles V, in the expedition of Algiers, where, being shipwrecked, after be had swam till his strength and his arms failed him, at the length, catching hold of a cable with... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Job 27:6

I hold fast: Job 2:3, Psalms 18:20-Isaiah :, Proverbs 4:13 my heart: Acts 24:16, 2 Corinthians 12:11, 1 John 3:20, 1 John 3:21 so long as I live: Heb. from my days Reciprocal: Job 4:6 - the uprightness Job 16:17 - Not for Job 33:9 - clean Isaiah 26:7 - way Romans 2:15 - accusing 1 Corinthians 4:4 - I know 2 Corinthians 1:12 - our rejoicing Titus 1:9 - Holding read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Job 27:6

My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.Reproach — With betraying my own cause and innocency. read more

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