Job 13:6
Hear now my reasoning. Listen to the pleadings of my lips.
World Messianic Bible British
In The King James Version
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
In Context
5Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.
7Will you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?
Cross References
Judges 9:7When they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim and lifted up his voice, cried out, and said to them, “Listen to me, you men of Shechem, that God may listen to you.
Job 21:2“Listen diligently to my speech. Let this be your consolation.
Job 34:2“Hear my words, you wise men. Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
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 →