Job 13:7
Will you say in God's name what is not right, and put false words into his mouth?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
In Context
6Give ear to the argument of my mouth, and take note of the words of my lips.
8Will you have respect for God's person in this cause, and put yourselves forward as his supporters?
Cross References
2 Kings 10:18Then Jehu got all the people together and said to them, Ahab was Baal's servant in a small way, but Jehu will be his servant on a great scale.
Job 11:2Are all these words to go unanswered? and is a man seen to be right because he is full of talk?
Job 27:4Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.
Job 36:4For truly my words are not false; one who has all knowledge is talking with you.
Romans 3:5But if the righteousness of God is supported by our wrongdoing what is to be said? is it wrong for God to be angry (as men may say)?
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 →