Job 13:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?”
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BSBPD
“Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Will ye speak unrighteously for God, And talk deceitfully for him?”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“For God do ye speak perverseness? And for Him do ye speak deceit?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 13:7 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 10:18Then Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.
- Job 4:7Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?
- Job 11:2“Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?
- Job 17:5If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
- Job 27:4my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
- Job 32:21I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man.
- Job 36:4For truly my words are free of falsehood; one perfect in knowledge is with you.
- John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
- Romans 3:5But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.
- 2 Corinthians 4:2Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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