Job 13:8
6 Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.
7 Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?
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?
10 Surely He would rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Would you show Him partiality or argue in His defense?
- KJV
- Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
- WEB
- Will you show partiality to him? Will you contend for God?
- ASV
- Will ye show partiality to him? Will ye contend for God?
- DARBY
- Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
- BLB
- Will you⁺ lift His face, or will you⁺ contend for God?
- ÅB
- Vil dere ta hans parti, eller vil dere være sakførere for Gud?
- OTB
- Vil dere vise favorisering for Ham?
Vil dere argumentere for Gud? - B1930
- Vil I ta hans parti, eller vil I være sakførere for Gud?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 24:23
These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
Read in contextExodus 23:2–3
You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.
Read in contextJob 32:21
I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man.
Read in contextMalachi 2:9
“So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”
Read in contextJob 34:19
who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.
Read in contextLeviticus 19:15
You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
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