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Job 27:4

My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

KJV

non loquentur labia mea iniquitatem, nec lingua mea meditabitur mendacium.

Vulgate

μὴ λαλήσειν τὰ χείλη μου ἄνομα, οὐδὲ ἡ ψυχή μου μελετήσει ἄδικα.

LXX

Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

ASV

אִם תְּדַבֵּ֣רְנָה שְׂפָתַ֣/י עַוְלָ֑ה וּ֝/לְשׁוֹנִ֗/י אִם יֶהְגֶּ֥ה רְמִיָּֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
י
y
noun · 177×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יֶהְגֶּ֣ה
yhgh
verb · 25×
ם
m
noun · 116×
עַוְלָֽה
'vlh
noun · 52×
רְמִיָּֽה
rmyh
noun · 15×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 11:10 — As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
  • Job 6:28 — Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
  • Job 6:28 — Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
  • Job 13:7 — Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
  • Job 13:7 — Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
  • Job 24:25 — And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
  • Job 32:1 — So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
  • Job 33:3 — My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
  • Job 34:6 — Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
  • John 8:55 — Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.