Job 13:6
Hear now my own reasoning; 1 listen to the pleading of my own lips. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
In Context
5Oh, that you would altogether hold your peace! 1 That would be your wisdom. 1
7Will you speak unrighteously for God, 1 and will you talk deceitfully for him? 1
Cross References
Judges 9:7When Jotham was told about this, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He shouted and said to them, “Listen to me, you leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you.
Job 21:2“Listen carefully to my words, 1 and let this be the comfort you offer to me. 1
Job 34:2“Listen to my words, you wise men; 1 hear me, you who have knowledge. 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 →