Job 13:8

Will ye be partial to Him? 1 Will ye play the part of the defense attorney for El? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7Will ye talk wickedly on behalf of El (G-d) 1 and speak deceitfully for Him? 1

9Is it hatov that He should search you out? 1 Or do you play the jester with Him, as one plays the jester with enosh? 1

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Cross References

Exodus 23:2Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a riv (cause, lawsuit) to turn aside after many to pervert justice;

Job 32:21Let me not, now, show any man partiality, 1 neither let me flatter adam. 1

Proverbs 24:23These things also belong to chachamim: 1 it is not tov to show partiality in mishpat. 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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