Job 13:7
Will ye speak wrong things for God? and will ye speak for him deceitfully?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
In Context
6Do hearken but to my reasoning, and listen to the pleadings of my lips.
8Will ye show him undue favor, when ye contend for God?
Cross References
2 Kings 10:18And Jehu assembled all the people, and said unto them, Achab hath served Ba'al a little: Jehu will serve him much.
Job 11:2Shall a multitude of words not be answered? and is it so that a man full of talk shall be deemed in the right?
Job 27:4Shall my lips not speak any wrong, nor shall my tongue utter deceit.
Job 36:4For truly no falsehood is [in] my words: one that is upright in [his] opinions [dealeth now] with thee.
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 →