Job 13:7
Will ye speak falsehood for God? Will ye utter deceit for him?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
In Context
6Hear, I pray you, my arguments; Attend to the pleadings of my lips!
8Will ye be partial to his person? Will ye contend earnestly for God?
Cross References
Job 11:2Shall not the multitude of words receive an answer? Shall the man of words be justified?
Job 27:4Never shall my lips speak falsehood, Nor my tongue utter deceit.
Job 36:4Truly my words shall not be false: A man of sound knowledge is before thee.
Romans 3:5But if our unrighteousness serve to display the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicteth punishment? (I am speaking as men do.)
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 →