Ayub 27:5

27:5 I will never ¹  declare that you three ²  are in the right;

until I die, I will not set aside my integrity!

Ayub 31:7

31:7 If my footsteps have strayed from the way,

if my heart has gone after my eyes, ³ 

or if anything ⁴  has defiled my hands,

[27:5]  ¹ tn The text uses חָלִילָה לִּי (khalilah li) meaning “far be it from me,” or more strongly, something akin to “sacrilege.”

[27:5]  ² tn In the Hebrew text “you” is plural – a reference to Eliphaz, Zophar, and Bildad. To make this clear, “three” is supplied in the translation.

[31:7]  ³ sn The meaning is “been led by what my eyes see.”

[31:7]  ⁴ tc The word מֻאוּם (mu’um) could be taken in one of two ways. One reading is to represent מוּם (mum, “blemish,” see the Masorah); the other is for מְאוּמָה (mÿ’umah, “anything,” see the versions and the Kethib). Either reading fits the passage.