Job 27:4

4 my lips will not speak unrighteousness, or my tongue utter deceit.

Job 27:4 Meaning and Commentary

Job 27:4

My lips shall not speak wickedness
This is the thing he swears to, this the matter of his oath, not only that he would not speak a wicked word not anything corrupt, unsavoury, unchaste, profane, and idle nor speak evil of his neighbours and friends or of any man; but that he would not speak wickedly of himself, as he must do, if he owned himself to be a wicked man and an hypocrite as his friends charged him, and they would have had him confessed; but he swears he would not utter such wickedness as long as he had any breath in him:

nor my tongue utter deceit;
which respects the same thing; not merely any fallacy or lie, or what might impose upon and deceive another, which yet he was careful of; but such deceit and falsehood as would be a belying himself, which would be the case should he say that he was devoid of integrity and sincerity.

Job 27:4 In-Context

2 "I swear by the living God, who is denying me justice, and by Shaddai, who deals with me so bitterly,
3 that as long my life remains in me and God's breath is in my nostrils,
4 my lips will not speak unrighteousness, or my tongue utter deceit.
5 Far be it from me to say you are right; I will keep my integrity till the day I die.
6 I hold to my righteousness; I won't let it go; my heart will not shame me as long as I live.
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