Job 13:8

Will you show him partiality? 1 Will you argue the case for God? 1

Unlocked Literal Bible

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

In Context

7Will you speak unrighteously for God, 1 and will you talk deceitfully for him? 1

9Will it be good for you when he searches you out? 1 Could you deceive him as you might deceive men? 1

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Cross References

Exodus 23:2You must not follow a crowd to do evil, nor may you bear witness while siding with the crowd in order to pervert justice.

Job 32:21I will not show favoritism; 1 neither will I give honorific titles to any man. 1

Proverbs 24:23These also are sayings of the wise. 1 Partiality in judging a case at law is not good. 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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