Job 13:8
Would you show Him partiality or argue in His defense?
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
In Context
7Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?
9Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him as you would deceive a man?
Cross References
Exodus 23:2You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.
Job 32:21I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man.
Proverbs 24:23These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
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 →