Job 13:7
Hath God any need of your lie, that you should speak deceitfully for him?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
In Context
6Hear ye therefore my reproof, and attend to the judgment of my lips.
8Do you accept his person, and do you endeavour to judge for God?
Cross References
2 Kings 10:18And Jehu gathered together all the people, and said to them: Achab worshipped Baal a little, but I will worship him more.
Job 11:2Shall not he that speaketh much, hear also? or shall a man full of talk be justified?
Job 27:4My lips shall not speak iniquity, neither shall my tongue contrive lying.
Job 36:4For indeed my words are without a lie, and perfect knowledge shall be proved to thee.
Romans 3:5But if our injustice commend the justice of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust, who executeth 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 →