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I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
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The Anchor of a Clear Conscience
Commentators explain that Job, having lost his property, health, and family, clings to his clear conscience as his final source of comfort. This inner conviction of integrity is a powerful anchor that no external suffering or false accusation can take away. He is resolved to maintain this consciousness of his uprightness as long as he lives.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
My heart shall not reproach me. —Or, does not reproach me for any of my days.
Baptist
There he went too far, for he had not yet seen God as he afterwards saw him. Before man, there was nothing with which he needed to reproach himself…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go Meaning not his personal righteousness, or the righteousness of…
Job's friends now allowed him to speak, and he proceeded in a serious and useful manner. Job had confidence in the goodness both of his cause and o…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, Job had successfully refuted the speech of Bildad, who had cited divine power against him as if Job were ignorant of its greatness. Whe…
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