Job 13:6
Hear ye therefore my reproof, and attend to the judgment of my lips.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
In Context
5And I wish you would hold your peace, that you might be thought to be wise men..
7Hath God any need of your lie, that you should speak deceitfully for him?
Cross References
Judges 9:7This being told to Joatham, he went and stood on the top of mount Garizim: and lifting up his voice, he cried, and said: Hear me, ye men of Sichem, so may God hear you.
Job 21:2Hear, I beseech you, my words, and do penance.
Job 34:2Hear ye, wise men, my words, and ye learned, hearken 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 →