Job 13:8

Or will ye draw back? nay, do ye yourselves be judges.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7Do ye not speak before the Lord, and utter deceit before him?

9For it were well if he would thoroughly search you: for though doing all things in your power ye should attach yourselves to him,

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Cross References

Exodus 23:2Thou shalt not associate with the multitude for evil; thou shalt not join thyself with a multitude to turn aside with the majority so as to shut out judgment.

Job 32:21For truly I will not be awed because of man, nor indeed will I be confounded before a mortal.

Proverbs 24:23And this thing I say to you that are wise for you to learn: It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

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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