Job 13:6

Job 13:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
• New International Version (NIV)Hear now my argument; listen to the pleas of my lips.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now hear my reasoning, And heed the pleadings of my lips.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Listen to my charge; pay attention to my arguments.

Context of Job 13:6

4As for you, you whitewash with lies; worthless physicians are you all. 5Oh that you would keep silent, and it would be your wisdom! Hear now my argument and listen to the pleadings of my lips. 7Will you speak falsely for God and speak deceitfully for him? 8Will you show partiality toward him? Will you plead the case for God?

Job 13:6 word by word

שִׁמְעוּ־נָ֥א תוֹכַחְתִּ֑י וְרִב֖וֹת שְׂפָתַ֣י הַקְשִֽׁיבוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• now my reasoningתּוֹכַ֫חַתtôkêchâh tôkachath · argumentH8433
• and hearkenקָשַׁבqâshab · to listenH7181
• to the pleadingsרִיבrîyb rib · strifeH7379
• of my lipsשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lipsH8193

Cross-references for Job 13:6

• Job 21:2"Keep listening to my words, and let this be your comfort.
• Job 33:1"But now, hear my speech, O Job, and listen to all my words.
• Job 34:2"Hear my words, you wise men, and give ear to me, you who know;
• Judges 9:7When it was told to Jotham, he went and stood on top of Mount Gerizim and cried aloud and said to them, "Listen to me, you leaders of Shechem, that God may listen to you.
• Proverbs 8:6Hear, for I will speak noble things, and from my lips will come what is right,

Commentaries on Job 13:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Hear now my reasoning - The speeches in this book are conceived as it delivered in a court of justice, different counselors pleading against each other. Hence most of the terms are forensic.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-281. all this--as to the dealings of Providence (Job 12:3).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 13:6

• Persecution

In the dictionaries

• Dread
• Motheaten
• Spend
• Value
• How
• Plead

Commentaries on Job 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings