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Job 13:7

IntegrityTruth and honesty

5 If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!

6 Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.

Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?

8 Would you show Him partiality or argue in His defense?

9 Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him like a man?

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Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?
KJV
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
WEB
Will you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?
ASV
Will ye speak unrighteously for God, And talk deceitfully for him?
DARBY
Will ye speak unrighteously for God? and for him speak deceit?
BLB
Will you⁺ speak injustice for God, and will you⁺ speak deceit for Him?
ÅB
Vil dere tale urett til forsvar for Gud, og vil dere til hans forsvar tale svik?
OTB
Vil dere tale urettferdig på Guds vegne,
Og tale bedragersk for Ham?
B1930
Vil I tale urett til forsvar for Gud, og vil I til hans forsvar tale svik?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 36:4

    For truly my words are free of falsehood; one perfect in knowledge is with you.

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  • Job 27:4

    my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.

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  • 2 Corinthians 4:2

    Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

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  • Romans 3:5–8

    But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.

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  • Job 4:7

    Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?

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  • Job 17:5

    If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.

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  • John 16:2

    They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.

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  • Job 32:21–22

    I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man.

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