Job 13:8

Have you taken his place, and do you struggle to give judgment in favor of God?

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In The King James Version

Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?

In Context

7Does God require your lie, so that you would speak deceitfully for him?

9Or, will it please him, from whom nothing can be concealed? Or, will he be deceived, like a man, by your deceitfulness?

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Cross References

Exodus 23:2You shall not follow the crowd in doing evil. Neither shall you go astray in judgment, by agreeing with the majority opinion, apart from the truth.

Job 32:21I will not esteem the reputation of a man, and I will not equate God with man.

Proverbs 24:23Likewise, these things are for the wise. It is not good to base judgment on knowledge of character.

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 →

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