New English Translation
Job 13:8
8Will you show him partiality? Will you argue 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?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Will you show partiality toward him? Will you plead the case for God?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Will you show partiality for Him? Will you contend for God?
Context of Job 13:8
6“Listen now to my argument, and be attentive to my lips’ contentions. 7Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for him? Will you show him partiality? Will you argue the case for God? 9Would it turn out well if he would examine you? Or as one deceives a man would you deceive him? 10He would certainly rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality!
Read all of Job 13Job 13:8 word by word
הֲפָנָ֥יו תִּשָּׂא֑וּן אִם־לָאֵ֥ל תְּרִיבֽוּן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 13:8
- Job 32:21I will not show partiality to anyone, nor will I confer a title on any man.
- Job 34:19who shows no partiality to princes, and does not take note of the rich more than the poor, because all of them are the work of his hands?
- Exodus 23:2“You must not follow a crowd in doing evil things; in a lawsuit you must not offer testimony that agrees with a crowd so as to pervert justice,
- Proverbs 24:23These sayings also are from the wise: To show partiality in judgment is terrible:
- Malachi 2:9“Therefore, I have caused you to be ignored and belittled before all people to the extent to which you are not following after me and are showing 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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