He held to his integrity
He remained pure. He did not change his upright nature.
("And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou set thine heart upon my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil, and yet holdeth fast his integrity? Yet wouldest thou incite me against him, to swallow him up for nought?" - Job 2:3)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הֶחְזִיק בְּתֻמָּתוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
נִשְׁאַר תָּמִים.לֹא שִׁנָּה אֶת אָפְיוֹ הַיָּשָׁר.
("וַיֹּאמֶר ה' אֶל הַשָּׂטָן, הֲשַׂמְתָּ לִבְּךָ אֶל עַבְדִּי אִיּוֹב, כִּי אֵין כָּמֹהוּ בָּאָרֶץ, אִישׁ תָּם וְיָשָׁר יְרֵא אֱלֹהִים וְסָר מֵרָע, וְעֹדֶנּוּ מַחֲזִיק בְּתֻמָּתוֹ וַתְּסִיתֵנִי בוֹ לְבַלְּעוֹ חִנָּם"- אִיּוֹב ב ג)