Job 13:7
Will ye speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
In Context
6Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
8Will ye show partiality to him? Will ye contend for God?
Cross References
2 Kings 10:18And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him much.
Job 11:2Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?
Job 27:4Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, nor shall my tongue utter deceit.
Job 36:4(For truly my words are not false.) He who is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
Romans 3:5But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous inflicting wrath? (I speak according to a man.)
Matthew Henry on Job 13:2-13
Job's Reply to Zophar. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it. 2 What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you. 3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God. 4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. 5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom. 6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips. 7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for… Read the whole commentary →