Job 13:8

Or will ye draw back? 1 Nay, do ye yourselves be judges. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?

In Context

7Do ye not speak before the Lord, 1 And utter deceit before him? 1

9For it were well if he would thoroughly search you: 1 For though doing all things in your power ye should attach yourselves to him, 1

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Cross References

Exodus 23:2Thou shalt not associate with the multitude for evil; thou shalt not join thyself with a multitude to turn aside with the majority so as to shut out judgment.

Job 32:21For truly I will not be awed because of man, 1 Nor indeed will I be confounded before a mortal. 1

Proverbs 24:23And this thing I say to you that are wise for you to learn: 1 It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. 1

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 →

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