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Job 13:7
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Would you testify unjustly on God’s behalfor speak deceitfully for him?
Will you speak unrighteously for God, And talk deceitfully for him?
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
Will you speak falsely for God and speak deceitfully for him?
You should not speak evil in the name of God; you cannot speak God's truth by telling lies.
Will you speak wickedly on God's behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for him?
"Will you speak what is unjust for God, And speak what is deceitful for Him?
"Will you speak what is unjust for God, And speak what is deceitful for Him?
Will you speak unrighteously for God, And talk deceitfully for him?
Will ye speake wickedly for Gods defence, and talke deceitfully for his cause?
Will you speak what is unrighteous for God,And speak what is deceitful for Him?
Will you speak wickedly on God's behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?
Are you telling lies for God
Is it for God's sake that you speak so wickedly? for him that you talk deceitfully?
Will ye speak unrighteously for God? and for him speak deceit?
Will you speak wickedly against God? And talk deceitfully against him?
Why are you lying? Do you think your lies will benefit God?
"Will you speak falsely for God? And will you speak deceitfully for him?
Would you speak unrighteously for God and speak deceitfully for Him?
Will ye make answere for God with lyes, and mateyne him with disceate?
Will ye speak unrighteously for God, And talk deceitfully for him?
Will you say in God's name what is not right, and put false words into his mouth?
Will ye speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for Him?
Wil you speake wickedly for God? and talke deceitfully for him?
Wyll you speake wickedlie for gods [defence] and talke deceitfully for his [cause?]
Do ye not speak before the Lord, and utter deceit before him?
Will ye speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?
Whether God hath nede to youre leesyng, that ye speke gilis for hym?
Will you speak unrighteously for God, And talk deceitfully for him?
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
Will you speak wickedly for God, And talk deceitfully for Him?
"Are you defending God with lies? Do you make your dishonest arguments for his sake?
Will you say what is not true for God? Will you lie for Him?
Will you speak falsely for God, and speak deceitfully for him?
Is it, for God, ye would speak perversely? And, for him, would ye speak deceit:
Hath God any need of your lie, that you should speak deceitfully for him?
Will you speak falsely for God, and speak deceitfully for him?
For God do ye speak perverseness? And for Him do ye speak deceit?
"Will you speak what is unjust for God, And speak what is deceitful for Him?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Job 4:7, Job 11:2-4, Job 17:5, Job 32:21, Job 32:22, Job 36:4, John 16:2, Romans 3:5-8, 2 Corinthians 4:2
Reciprocal: Genesis 27:20 - Because Genesis 27:24 - I am Genesis 27:35 - General Genesis 34:13 - deceitfully 2 Kings 10:18 - Jehu 2 Kings 10:19 - But Jehu Job 19:29 - ye afraid Job 27:4 - General Job 36:2 - I have yet to speak Proverbs 18:5 - not Proverbs 30:6 - and Matthew 26:10 - Why 1 Corinthians 15:15 - General
Cross-References
The land where the Canaanites lived went from Sidon down along the coast to Gerar and from Gaza as far east as Sodom and Gomorrah and from Admah and Zeboiim as far north as Laish.
Abram traveled through the land as far as the town of Shechem and then to the big tree at Moreh. The Canaanites were living in the land at that time.
After Lot left, the Lord said to Abram, "Look around you. Look north, south, east, west.
All this land that you see I will give to you and your people who live after you. This will be your land forever.
So Abram moved his tents. He went to live near the big trees of Mamre. This was near the city of Hebron. There he built an altar to honor the Lord .
Then Abraham complained to Abimelech because Abimelech's servants had captured a well of water.
But the men who herded sheep in the Valley of Gerar argued with Isaac's servants. They said, "This water is ours." So Isaac named that well Esek. He gave it that name because it was the place where they had argued with him.
But Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have caused me a lot of trouble. All the people in this place will hate me. All the Canaanites and the Perizzites will turn against me. There are only a few of us. If the people in this place gather together to fight against us, I will be destroyed. And all our people will be destroyed with me."
But there were some shepherds there who chased the girls away and would not let them get water. So Moses helped the girls and gave water to their animals.
So I continued speaking. I said, "What you people are doing is not right! You know that you should fear and respect our God. You should not do the shameful things other people do!
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Will you speak wickedly for God?.... As he suggests they did; they spoke for God, and pleaded for the honour of his justice, by asserting he did not afflict good men, which they thought was contrary to his justice; but: then, at the same time, they spoke wickedly of Job, that he being afflicted of God was a bad man, and an hypocrite; and this was speaking wickedly for God, to vindicate his justice at the expense of his character, which there was no need to do; and showed that they were poor advocates for God, since they might have vindicated the honour of his justice, and yet allowed that he afflicted good men, and that Job was such an one:
and talk deceitfully for him? or tell lies for him, namely, those just mentioned, that only wicked men, and not good men, were afflicted by him, and that Job was a bad man, and an hypocrite.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Will ye speak wickedly for God? - That is, will you maintain unjust principles with a view to honor or to vindicate God? Job refers doubtless to the positions which they had defended in regard to the divine administration - principles which he regarded as unjust, though they had employed them professedly in vindicating God. The sense is, that unjust principles ought not to be advanced to vindicate God. The great cause of truth and justice should always be maintained, and even in attempting to vindicate the divine administration, we ought to make use of no arguments which are not based on that which is right and true. Job means to reproach his friends with having, in their professed vindication of God, advanced sentiments which were at war with truth and justice, and which were full of fallacy and sophistry. And is this never done now? Are sophistical arguments never employed in attempting to vindicate the divine government? Do we never state principles in regard to him which we should esteem to be unjust and dishonorable if applied to man? Do not good people sometimes feel that that government must be defended at all events; and when they can see no reason for the divine dealings, do they not make attempts at vindicating them, which are merely designed to throw dust in the eyes of an opponent, and which are known to be sophistical in their nature? It is wrong to employ a sophistical argument on any subject; and in reasoning on the divine character and dealings, when we come, as we often do, to points which we cannot understand, it is best to confess it. God asks no weak or sophistical argument in his defense; still less can he be pleased with an argument, though in defense of his government, which is based on unjust principles.
And talk deceitfully for him - Use fallacies and sophisms in attempting to vindicate him. Everything in speaking of God, should be true, pure, and sound. Every argument should be free from any appearance of sophism, and should be such as will bear the test of the most thorough examination. No honor is done to God by sophistical arguments, nor can he be pleased when such arguments are employed even to vindicate and honor his character.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 13:7. Will ye speak wickedly for God? — In order to support your own cause, in contradiction to the evidence which the whole of my life bears to the uprightness of my heart, will ye continue to assert that God could not thus afflict me, unless flagrant iniquity were found in my ways; for it is on this ground alone that ye pretend to vindicate the providence of God. Thus ye tell lies for God's sake, and thus ye wickedly contend for your Maker.
