Job 13:7
Will you speak unrighteously for God, 1 and will you talk deceitfully for him? 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
In Context
6Hear now my own reasoning; 1 listen to the pleading of my own lips. 1
8Will you show him partiality? 1 Will you argue the case for God? 1
Cross References
2 Kings 10:18Then Jehu gathered all the people together and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him much.
Job 11:2“Should not such a multitude of words be answered? 1 Should this man, so full of talk, be believed? 1
Job 27:4My lips will not speak wickedness, 1 neither will my tongue speak deceit;
Job 36:4For indeed, my words will not be false; 1 someone who is mature in knowledge is with you. 1
Romans 3:5But if our unrighteousness shows the righteousness of God, what can we say? Can we say that God is unrighteous to bring his wrath upon us? (I am using a human argument.)
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 →