Job 13:7
For God do ye speak perverseness? And for Him do ye speak deceit?
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
In Context
6Hear, I pray you, my argument, And to the pleadings of my lips attend,
8His face do ye accept, if for God ye strive?
Cross References
2 Kings 10:18And Jehu gathereth the whole of the people, and saith unto them, 'Ahab served Baal a little — Jehu doth serve him much:
Job 11:2Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?
Job 27:4My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.
Job 36:4For, truly, my words [are] not false, The perfect in knowledge [is] with thee.
Romans 3:5And, if our unrighteousness God's righteousness doth establish, what shall we say? is God unrighteous who is inflicting the wrath? (after the manner of a man I 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 →