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Job 27:5

God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.

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חָלִ֣ילָהchalilahbe farחָלִילָהparticle, interjection, paragogic he — “be far”H2486literal fora profaned thing; used (interj.) far be it!be far, ([idiom] God) forbid.לִּי֮litoלִּי֮preposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toאִםimoh thatאִםconjunction — “oh that”H518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not(and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), t…אַצְדִּ֪יקatsdiqcleanseצָדַקverb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “cleanse”, an unfinished actionH6663to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)cleanse, clear self, (be, do) just(-ice, -ify, -ify self), (be turn to) righteous(-ness).אֶ֫תְכֶ֥םetkhemobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).עַדadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.אֶגְוָ֑עegvagive up the ghostגָּוַעverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “give up the ghost”, an unfinished actionH1478to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expiredie, be dead, give up the ghost, perish.לֹאlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…אָסִ֖ירasirturnסוּרverb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “turn”, an unfinished actionH5493to turn off (literal or figurative)be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn…תֻּמָּתִ֣יtumatiintegrityתֻּמָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “integrity”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8538innocenceintegrity.מִמֶּֽנִּיmimenifromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Far be it from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Far be it from me that I should justify you: Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.

Young’s Literal Translation

Pollution to me — if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine integrity from me.

World English Bible

Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

Darby Translation

Be it far from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not remove my blamelessness from me.

Douay-Rheims

God forbid that I should judge you to be just: till I die I will not depart from my innocence.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Far be it from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Far be it from me that I should justify you till I die; for I will not let go my innocence,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μή μοι εἴη δικαίους ὑμᾶς ἀποφῆναι ἕως ἂν ἀποθάνω, οὐ γὰρ ἀπαλλάξω μου τὴν ἀκακίαν μου.