Job 13:7
Will ye speak unrighteously for God? and for him speak deceit?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
In Context
6Hear now my defence, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
8Will ye accept his person? 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: Jehu will serve him much.
Job 11:2Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man of much talk be justified?
Job 27:4My lips shall not speak unrighteousness, nor my tongue utter deceit!
Job 36:4For truly my words shall be no falsehood: one perfect in knowledge is with thee.
Romans 3:5But if our unrighteousness commend God's righteousness, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak according to 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 →