English Standard Version
Job 13:8
8Will you show partiality toward him? Will you plead the case for God?
Job 13:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
- New International Version (NIV)Will you show him partiality? Will you argue the case for God?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Will you show partiality for Him? Will you contend for God?
- New Living Translation (NLT)Will you slant your testimony in his favor? Will you argue God’s case for him?
Context of Job 13:8
6Hear now my argument and listen to the pleadings of my lips. 7Will you speak falsely for God and speak deceitfully for him? Will you show partiality toward him? Will you plead the case for God? 9Will it be well with you when he searches you out? Or can you deceive him, as one deceives a man? 10He will surely rebuke you if in secret you show partiality.
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הֲפָנָ֥יו תִּשָּׂא֑וּן אִם־לָאֵ֥ל תְּרִיבֽוּן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 13:8
- Job 32:21I will not show partiality to any man or use flattery toward any person.
- Job 34:19who shows no partiality to princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor, for they are all the work of his hands?
- Exodus 23:2You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice,
- Proverbs 24:23These also are sayings of the wise. Partiality in judging is not good.
- Malachi 2:9and so I make you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you do not keep my ways but show partiality in your instruction."
Commentaries on Job 13:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Will ye accept his person? - Do you think to act by him as you would by a mortal; and, by telling lies in his favor, attempt to conciliate his esteem?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Will ye accept his person? - That is, will you be partial to him? The language is such as is used in relation to courts of justice, where a judge shows favor to one of the parties on account of birth, rank, wealth, or personal friendship. The idea here is, “will you, from partiality to God, maintain unjust principles, and defend positions which are really untenable?” There was a controversy between Job and God. Job maintained that he was punished too…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-10Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf: False witnesses were not allowed, even when speaking for God (Exodus 20:16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. accept his person--God's; that is, be partial for Him, as when a judge favors one party in a trial, because of personal considerations. contend for God--namely, with fallacies and prepossessions against Job before judgment (Jud 6:31). Partiality can never please the impartial God, nor the goodness of the cause excuse the unfairness of the arguments.Read the comment
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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
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