Job 13:7
Does God require your lie, so that you would speak deceitfully for him?
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
In Context
6Therefore, listen to my correction, and pay attention to the judgment of my lips.
8Have you taken his place, and do you struggle to give judgment in favor of God?
Cross References
2 Kings 10:18Then Jehu gathered together the entire people. And he said to them: “Ahab worshipped Baal a little, but I will worship him even more.
Job 11:2Will he who speaks much, not also listen? Or will a talkative man be justified?
Job 27:4my lips will not speak iniquity, nor will my tongue devise lies.
Job 36:4For truly my words are without any falsehood and perfect knowledge will be proven to you.
Romans 3:5But if even our injustice points to the justice of God, what shall we say? Could God be unfair for inflicting wrath?
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 →