Job 13:6
Therefore, listen to my correction, and pay attention to the judgment of my lips.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
In Context
5And I wish that you would remain silent, so that you would be counted among the wise.
7Does God require your lie, so that you would speak deceitfully for him?
Cross References
Judges 9:7When this had been reported to Jotham, he went and stood at the top of Mount Gerizim. And lifting up his voice, he cried out and said: “Listen to me, men of Shechem, so that God may listen to you.
Job 21:2I beseech you to hear my words and to do penance.
Job 34:2May the wise hear my words, and may the educated listen to me.
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 →