King James Version
Job 13:7 in the King James Version says “Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?” — study this verse from Job chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?”
Job 13:7 · KJV
O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“for God”
H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the almighty (but used also of any deity)
“Will ye speak”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
“Will ye speak”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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