Job 13:8
Or are you wanting to show God favoritism? Are you going to argue God's case for him?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
In Context
7Do you think you can tell lies to defend God? Are you talking deceitfully on his behalf?
9Will you be found to be doing good when God examines you? Can you fool him as if he's a human being?
Cross References
Exodus 23:2Don't follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give evidence in a lawsuit, don't corrupt justice by siding with the majority.
Job 32:21I will not take sides, and I'm not going to flatter anyone.
Proverbs 24:23These are more sayings of the wise: Showing favoritism when passing judgment is wrong.
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 →