Job 13:6
Please hear my argument, || And attend to the pleadings of my lips,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
In Context
5O that you would keep perfectly silent, || And it would be to you for wisdom.
7Do you speak perverseness for God? And do you speak deceit for Him?
Cross References
Judges 9:7and they declare [it] to Jotham, and he goes and stands on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifts up his voice, and calls, and says to them, “Listen to me, O masters of Shechem, and God listens to you:
Job 21:2“Hear my word diligently, || And this is your consolation.
Job 34:2“Hear, O wise men, my words, || And, O knowing ones, give ear to me.
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 →