Job 27:6

Old Testament Wisdom/Poetry ASV (1901)

What does Job 27:6 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live.
Job 27:6 — American Standard Version

Context — Job 27

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go, etc.] Meaning not his personal righteousness, or the righteousness of his works, as his justifying righteousness before God, and for acceptance with him; which no man that is convinced of the insufficiency of, as Job was, will hold fast, but renounce, and desire, with the Apostle Paul, not to be found in it, (<500309>Philippians 3:9). Indeed the righteousness of his living Redeemer, which was his, and he might call so, this he knew, and knew he should be justified by it, and which he laid hold upon by faith in the strong exercise of it, and would not drop it, or become remiss in it, but retain it, and constantly make mention of it, and…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Rather, my "heart" (conscience) reproaches "not one of my days," that is, I do not repent of any of my days since I came into existence [MAURER].”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“My righteousness I hold fast - I hold on to the consciousness of integrity and uprightness. I cannot, will not, part with that. Job had lost his property, his health, and his domestic comforts, but he had in all this one consolation - he felt that he was sincere. He had been subjected to calamity by God as if he were a wicked man, but still he was resolved to adhere to the consciousness of his uprightness. Property may leave a man; friends may forsake him; children may die; disease may attack him; slander may assail him; and death may approach him; but still he may have in his bosom one unfailing source of consolation; he may have the consciousness that his aim has been right and pure. That…”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Reproach - With betraying my own cause and innocency. Job 27:7”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“I hold fast: Job 2:3; Psa 18:20-23; Pro 4:13 my heart: Act 24:16; Co2 12:11; Jo1 3:20, Jo1 3:21 so long as I live: Heb. from my days Job 27:7”
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