Job 13:7
Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
In Context
6Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.
8Would you show Him partiality or argue in His defense?
Cross References
2 Kings 10:18Then Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.
Job 11:2“Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?
Job 27:4my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
Job 36:4For truly my words are free of falsehood; one perfect in knowledge is with you.
Romans 3:5But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.
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 →