Job 13:6
Listen to my argument and pay attention to what I have to say.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
In Context
5I wish you would all be quiet! That would be the wisest thing for you to do.
7Do you think you can tell lies to defend God? Are you talking deceitfully on his behalf?
Cross References
Judges 9:7When Jotham got to hear this, he went up to the top of Mount Gerizim, and shouted in a loud voice: “Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, and God may listen to you!
Job 21:2“Please listen carefully to what I say—that would be one comfort you could give me.
Job 34:2“Listen to my words, you men who say you are wise; pay attention to what I'm saying you who think you know.
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 →