Job 13:7
Are you telling lies about me to prove God is just in causing me to suffer? Are you saying what is deceitful in order to benefit him?
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
In Context
6Listen to what I will say to you now; listen while I am saying what is true about myself.
8Are you trying to defend him? Are you trying to prove as you would in a court that he is innocent?
Cross References
2 Kings 10:18Then Jehu summoned all the people of Samaria, and said to them, “King Ahab was devoted to your god Baal a little bit, but I will serve him much more.
Job 11:2“◄Should no one answer all that you have said?/Someone should certainly answer all that you have said.► [RHQ] Just because you talk a lot, ◄should that cause us to declare that you <are innocent/have done nothing wrong>?/that should not cause us to declare that you <are innocent/have done nothing wrong>.► [RHQ]
Job 27:4I will not lie; I [SYN] will not say anything to deceive anyone.
Job 36:4I am not saying anything to you that is false; I, who am standing in front of you, am someone who understands things ◄very well/perfectly► [HYP].
Romans 3:5So if we Jews’ being wicked [PRS] shows that it is right that God does not bless us, what shall we say/conclude? Shall we conclude that it is not right for God to be angry and punish us Jews [MTY]? I should not be saying these things, but I am speaking as ordinary humans speak.
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 →