Job 27:6

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

My justification, which I have begun to hold, I will not forsake: for my heart doth not reprehend me in all my life.

GNV

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

JPS

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

LXXE

but keeping fast to my righteousness I will by no means let it go: for I am not conscious to myself of having done any thing amiss.

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WLC

בְּצִדְקָתִ֣י הֶ֭חֱזַקְתִּי וְלֹ֣א אַרְפֶּ֑הָ לֹֽא־יֶחֱרַ֥ף לְ֝בָבִ֗י מִיָּמָֽי׃

LXX-Br

Δικαιοσύνῃ δὲ προσέχων οὐ μὴν προῶμαι, οὐ γὰρ σύνοιδα ἐμαυτῷ ἄτοπα πράξας.

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• Job 2:3Then 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…
• 1 John 3:20–21Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things. Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God,
• Acts 24:16In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.
• Proverbs 4:13Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
• 2 Corinthians 12:11I 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.
• Psalms 18:20–23The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands. For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God. For all His ordinances…

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