Job 13:7
Do you speak perverseness for God? And do you speak deceit for Him?
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
In Context
6Please hear my argument, || And attend to the pleadings of my lips,
8Do you accept His face, if you strive for God?
Cross References
2 Kings 10:18And Jehu gathers the whole of the people and says to them, “Ahab served Ba‘al a little—Jehu serves him much:
Job 11:2“Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?
Job 27:4My lips do not speak perverseness, || And my tongue does not utter deceit.
Job 36:4For my words [are] truly not false, || The perfect in knowledge [is] with you.
Romans 3:5And if our unrighteousness establishes God’s righteousness, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who is inflicting the wrath? (I speak after the manner of a man.)
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 →