Ayub 27:5-6

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!

27:6 I will maintain my righteousness

and never let it go;

my conscience ³  will not reproach me

for as long as I live. ⁴ 

[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.

[27:6]  ³ tn Heb “my heart.”

[27:6]  ⁴ tn The prepositional phrase “from my days” probably means “from the days of my birth,” or “all my life.”