New King James Version
Job 13:8
8Will you show partiality for Him? Will you contend 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 Living Translation (NLT)Will you slant your testimony in his favor? Will you argue God’s case for him?
Context of Job 13:8
6Now hear my reasoning, And heed the pleadings of my lips. 7Will you speak wickedly for God, And talk deceitfully for Him? Will you show partiality for Him? Will you contend for God? 9Will it be well when He searches you out? Or can you mock Him as one mocks a man? 10He will surely rebuke you If you secretly 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 32:21Let me not, I pray, show partiality to anyone; Nor let me flatter any man.
- Job 34:19Yet He is not partial to princes, Nor does He regard the rich more than the poor; For they are all the work of His hands.
- Exodus 23:2You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after many to pervert justice.
- Proverbs 24:23These things also belong to the wise: It is not good to show partiality in judgment.
- Malachi 2:9“Therefore I also have made you contemptible and base Before all the people, Because you have not kept My ways But have shown partiality in the law.”
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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