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THE MESSAGE
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 lies for God? Do you really believe your lies are what God wants you to say?
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
After Lot separated from him, God said to Abram, "Open your eyes, look around. Look north, south, east, and west. Everything you see, the whole land spread out before you, I will give to you and your children forever. I'll make your descendants like dust—counting your descendants will be as impossible as counting the dust of the Earth. So—on your feet, get moving! Walk through the country, its length and breadth; I'm giving it all to you."
Abram moved his tent. He went and settled by the Oaks of Mamre in Hebron. There he built an altar to God .
At the same time, Abraham confronted Abimelech over the matter of a well of water that Abimelech's servants had taken. Abimelech said, "I have no idea who did this; you never told me about it; this is the first I've heard of it."
Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You've made my name stink to high heaven among the people here, these Canaanites and Perizzites. If they decided to gang up on us and attack, as few as we are we wouldn't stand a chance; they'd wipe me and my people right off the map."
"What you're doing is wrong. Is there no fear of God left in you? Don't you care what the nations around here, our enemies, think of you?
Use your heads as you live and work among outsiders. Don't miss a trick. Make the most of every opportunity. Be gracious in your speech. The goal is to bring out the best in others in a conversation, not put them down, not cut them out.
It wasn't so long ago that we ourselves were stupid and stubborn, dupes of sin, ordered every which way by our glands, going around with a chip on our shoulder, hated and hating back. But when God, our kind and loving Savior God, stepped in, he saved us from all that. It was all his doing; we had nothing to do with it. He gave us a good bath, and we came out of it new people, washed inside and out by the Holy Spirit. Our Savior Jesus poured out new life so generously. God's gift has restored our relationship with him and given us back our lives. And there's more life to come—an eternity of life! You can count on this. I want you to put your foot down. Take a firm stand on these matters so that those who have put their trust in God will concentrate on the essentials that are good for everyone. Stay away from mindless, pointless quarreling over genealogies and fine print in the law code. That gets you nowhere. Warn a quarrelsome person once or twice, but then be done with him. It's obvious that such a person is out of line, rebellious against God. By persisting in divisiveness he cuts himself off. As soon as I send either Artemas or Tychicus to you, come immediately and meet me in Nicopolis. I've decided to spend the winter there. Give Zenas the lawyer and Apollos a hearty send-off. Take good care of them. Our people have to learn to be diligent in their work so that all necessities are met (especially among the needy) and they don't end up with nothing to show for their lives. All here want to be remembered to you. Say hello to our friends in the faith. Grace to all of you.
Where do you think all these appalling wars and quarrels come from? Do you think they just happen? Think again. They come about because you want your own way, and fight for it deep inside yourselves. You lust for what you don't have and are willing to kill to get it. You want what isn't yours and will risk violence to get your hands on it. You wouldn't think of just asking God for it, would you? And why not? Because you know you'd be asking for what you have no right to. You're spoiled children, each wanting your own way. You're cheating on God. If all you want is your own way, flirting with the world every chance you get, you end up enemies of God and his way. And do you suppose God doesn't care? The proverb has it that "he's a fiercely jealous lover." And what he gives in love is far better than anything else you'll find. It's common knowledge that "God goes against the willful proud; God gives grace to the willing humble." So let God work his will in you. Yell a loud no to the Devil and watch him scamper. Say a quiet yes to God and he'll be there in no time. Quit dabbling in sin. Purify your inner life. Quit playing the field. Hit bottom, and cry your eyes out. The fun and games are over. Get serious, really serious. Get down on your knees before the Master; it's the only way you'll get on your feet. Don't bad-mouth each other, friends. It's God's Word, his Message, his Royal Rule, that takes a beating in that kind of talk. You're supposed to be honoring the Message, not writing graffiti all over it. God is in charge of deciding human destiny. Who do you think you are to meddle in the destiny of others? And now I have a word for you who brashly announce, "Today—at the latest, tomorrow—we're off to such and such a city for the year. We're going to start a business and make a lot of money." You don't know the first thing about tomorrow. You're nothing but a wisp of fog, catching a brief bit of sun before disappearing. Instead, make it a habit to say, "If the Master wills it and we're still alive, we'll do this or that." As it is, you are full of your grandiose selves. All such vaunting self-importance is evil. In fact, if you know the right thing to do and don't do it, that, for you, is evil.
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.
