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Will you speak deceitfully for him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/13.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Are you defending God with lies? Do you make your dishonest arguments for his sake?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Will you speak falsely for God and speak deceitfully for him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Will you speak wickedly for God, And talk deceitfully for Him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Will you speak what is unjust for God, And speak what is deceitful for Him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Will you speak what is unjust for God, And speak what is deceitful for Him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Will you speak what is unjust for God, And speak what is deceitful for Him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Will you speak what is unrighteous for God, And speak what is deceitful for Him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Will you speak what is unjust for God, And speak what is deceitful for Him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Would you testify unjustly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Would you testify unjustly on God&#8217s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Will ye speak unrighteously for God, And talk deceitfully for him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Are you telling lies for God <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Will ye speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Will you talk wickedly for God and talk deceitfully on his behalf?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Why are you lying? Do you think your lies will benefit God? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Why do you speak falsely on God's behalf and speak deceitfully about him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Will you speak wickedly on God?s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Will you speak wickedly on God's behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for him? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Will you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Will you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Do you speak perverseness for God? And do you speak deceit for Him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For God do ye speak perverseness? And for Him do ye speak deceit?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Will ye speak wickedness for God? and will ye speak deceit to him?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Hath God any need of your lie, that you should speak deceitfully for him? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Does God require your lie, so that you would speak deceitfully for him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Is it for God that you speak falsehood? Is it for him that you utter deceit? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Will you speak falsely for God, and speak deceitfully for him?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Will you speak wickedly against God? And talk deceitfully against him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />You speak evil about God and do you speak deceit about him?<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Will ye speak unrighteously for God, And talk deceitfully for Him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Do ye not speak before the Lord, and utter deceit before him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/13-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=1958" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/13.htm">Job Reproves His Friends</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: tə·ḏab·bə·rū (V-Piel-Imperf-2mp) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">Will you speak</a> <a href="/hebrew/5766.htm" title="5766: ‘aw·lāh (N-fs) -- Injustice, unrighteousness. Or lavel; and lavlah; or owlah; or.olah; from aval; evil.">wickedly</a> <a href="/hebrew/wə·lōw (Conj-w:: Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/410.htm" title="410: hal·’êl (Art, Prep-l:: N-ms) -- God, in pl. gods. Shortened from 'ayil; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty.">on God’s behalf</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: tə·ḏab·bə·rū (V-Piel-Imperf-2mp) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">or speak</a> <a href="/hebrew/7423.htm" title="7423: rə·mî·yāh (N-fs) -- Remissness, treachery. From ramah; remissness, treachery.">deceitfully for Him?</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>Would you show Him partiality or argue in His defense?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/19-5.htm">Proverbs 19:5</a></span><br />A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/14-5.htm">Proverbs 14:5</a></span><br />An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/20-16.htm">Exodus 20:16</a></span><br />You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-29.htm">Psalm 119:29</a></span><br />Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/101-7.htm">Psalm 101:7</a></span><br />No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/59-3.htm">Isaiah 59:3-4</a></span><br />For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice. / No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/9-3.htm">Jeremiah 9:3-5</a></span><br />“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD. / “Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander. / Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/8-16.htm">Zechariah 8:16-17</a></span><br />These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates, / do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/12-22.htm">Proverbs 12:22</a></span><br />Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/6-16.htm">Proverbs 6:16-19</a></span><br />There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: / haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, / a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-19.htm">Matthew 15:19</a></span><br />For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/8-44.htm">John 8:44</a></span><br />You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/4-25.htm">Ephesians 4:25</a></span><br />Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-9.htm">Colossians 3:9</a></span><br />Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-8.htm">Revelation 21:8</a></span><br />But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Will you speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/4-7.htm">Job 4:7</a></b></br> Remember, I pray thee, who <i>ever</i> perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/11-2.htm">Job 11:2-4</a></b></br> Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/17-5.htm">Job 17:5</a></b></br> He that speaketh flattery to <i>his</i> friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/8-6.htm">Behalf</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-22.htm">Deceit</a> <a href="/job/11-11.htm">Deceitful</a> <a href="/job/6-15.htm">Deceitfully</a> <a href="/job/13-4.htm">False.</a> <a href="/2_samuel/18-13.htm">Falsely</a> <a href="/job/11-7.htm">God's</a> <a href="/job/13-6.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/job/11-14.htm">Perverseness</a> <a href="/job/13-4.htm">Right</a> <a href="/job/13-3.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/job/13-3.htm">Talk</a> <a href="/job/6-29.htm">Unjust</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/25-16.htm">Unrighteously</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-33.htm">Wickedly</a> <a href="/job/13-6.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/16-21.htm">Behalf</a> <a href="/job/15-31.htm">Deceit</a> <a href="/psalms/5-6.htm">Deceitful</a> <a href="/psalms/24-4.htm">Deceitfully</a> <a href="/job/15-5.htm">False.</a> <a href="/psalms/26-10.htm">Falsely</a> <a href="/job/13-8.htm">God's</a> <a href="/job/15-5.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/job/15-16.htm">Perverseness</a> <a href="/job/13-10.htm">Right</a> <a href="/job/13-13.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/job/15-3.htm">Talk</a> <a href="/job/27-7.htm">Unjust</a> <a href="/psalms/82-2.htm">Unrighteously</a> <a href="/job/34-12.htm">Wickedly</a> <a href="/job/13-17.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Job 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/13-1.htm">Job reproves his friends for partiality</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/13-14.htm">He professes his confidence in God; </a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/13-19.htm">and entreats to know his own sins, and God's purpose in afflicting him</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf</b><br>This phrase challenges the integrity of speaking for God with falsehoods. In the context of Job, his friends are accused of misrepresenting God's character and intentions. Biblically, speaking wickedly on God's behalf is condemned, as seen in the false prophets of Israel (<a href="/jeremiah/23-16.htm">Jeremiah 23:16-17</a>). The cultural context of the time placed high value on truthfulness, especially when representing divine matters. This phrase warns against the presumption of knowing God's mind without divine revelation, a theme echoed in <a href="/deuteronomy/18-20.htm">Deuteronomy 18:20-22</a>, where false prophecy is strictly prohibited.<p><b>or speak deceitfully for Him?</b><br>This part of the verse emphasizes the sin of deceit in religious discourse. The historical context of Job's friends suggests they believed they were defending God's justice, yet they were accused of distorting truth. The Bible consistently condemns deceit, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/12-22.htm">Proverbs 12:22</a>, which states that lying lips are an abomination to the Lord. Theologically, this phrase underscores the importance of sincerity and truth in representing God, aligning with Jesus' teaching in <a href="/john/4-24.htm">John 4:24</a> that worship must be in spirit and truth. The warning against deceit reflects the broader biblical narrative that God values truth and integrity in His followers.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, enduring immense suffering and questioning the reasons behind it.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_friends.htm">Job's Friends</a></b><br>Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, who come to comfort Job but end up accusing him of wrongdoing, suggesting his suffering is due to his sins.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Almighty Creator, whose character and justice are central themes in the Book of Job. Job's friends attempt to defend God's justice, albeit incorrectly.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_uz.htm">The Land of Uz</a></b><br>The setting of the Book of Job, traditionally considered to be in the region of Edom or northern Arabia.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/satan.htm">Satan</a></b><br>The adversary who challenges Job's righteousness, initiating the trials that Job faces.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/i/integrity_in_speech.htm">Integrity in Speech</a></b><br>As believers, we must ensure that our words align with God's truth. Speaking deceitfully, even with good intentions, can misrepresent God's character.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/defending_god's_character.htm">Defending God’s Character</a></b><br>While it is important to defend God's character, we must do so with humility and truth, acknowledging our limited understanding of His ways.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/discernment_in_counsel.htm">Discernment in Counsel</a></b><br>When offering counsel to others, especially in times of suffering, we should be careful not to assume God's intentions or misrepresent His justice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_presumption.htm">The Danger of Presumption</a></b><br>Presuming to speak for God without His guidance can lead to falsehoods and misrepresentation, as seen in the actions of Job's friends.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_suffering.htm">The Role of Suffering</a></b><br>Understanding that suffering is not always a direct result of personal sin can help us avoid speaking falsely about God's purposes.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 13</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_eliphaz_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Eliphaz the Temanite in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_the_wicked_prosper_in_job_21_7.htm">In Job 21:7, how can the wicked seemingly live long and prosper if divine justice is supposed to hold them accountable?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_allow_injustice_to_persist.htm">In Psalm 94:9, it says God hears and sees all; why then do injustices appear to persist unchecked in our world?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_job_15_34-35_align_with_god's_mercy.htm">In Job 15:34-35, how can the harsh depiction of divine judgment be squared with other biblical passages emphasizing God's mercy (e.g., Psalm 103:8)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">Will ye speak wickedly for God?</span>--And now, in these verses, he gives utterance to a sublime truth, which shows how truly he had risen to the true conception of God, for he declares that He, who is no respecter of persons, desires to have no favour shown to Himself, and that in seeking to show favour they will greatly damage their own cause, for He is a God of truth, and by Him words as well as actions are weighed, and therefore nothing that is not true can stand any one in stead with Him.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Will ye speak wickedly for God?</span> We are not to suppose that Job's friends consciously used unsound and untrue arguments in their disputations with him on God's behalf. On the contrary, they are to be regarded as convinced of the truth of their own reasonings - as brought up in the firm belief, that temporal prosperity or wretchedness was dealt out by God, immediately, by his own will, to his subjects according to their behaviour. Holding this, they naturally thought that Job, being so greatly afflicted, must be a great sinner, and, as they could not very plausibly allege any open sins against him, they saw in his sufferings a judgment on him for secret sins. "His chosen friends, as Mr. Froude says, "wise, good, pious men, as wisdom and piety were then, without one glimpse of the true cause of his sufferings, saw in them a judgment of this character. He became to them an illustration, and even (such are the para-logisms of men of this description) a proof of their theory that 'the prosperity of the wicked is but for a while;' and instead of the comfort and help that they might have brought him, and which in the end they were made to bring him, he is to them no more than a text for the enunciation of solemn falsehood" ('Short Studies,' vol. 1. p. 300), <span class="accented">i.e.</span> of statements which were false, though solemnly believed by them to be true. <span class="cmt_word">And talk deceitfully for him</span>. "Deceitfully," because untruly, yet so plausibly as to be likely to deceive others. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/13-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Will you speak</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּדַבְּר֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(tə·ḏab·bə·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arrange, to speak, to subdue</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wickedly</span><br /><span class="heb">עַוְלָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘aw·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5766.htm">Strong's 5766: </a> </span><span class="str2">Injustice, unrighteousness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on God’s behalf</span><br /><span class="heb">הַ֭לְאֵל</span> <span class="translit">(hal·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_410.htm">Strong's 410: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or speak</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּֽדַבְּר֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(tə·ḏab·bə·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arrange, to speak, to subdue</span><br /><br /><span class="word">deceitfully for Him?</span><br /><span class="heb">רְמִיָּֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(rə·mî·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7423.htm">Strong's 7423: </a> </span><span class="str2">Remissness, treachery</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/13-7.htm">Job 13:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/13-7.htm">Job 13:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/13-7.htm">Job 13:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/13-7.htm">Job 13:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/13-7.htm">Job 13:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/13-7.htm">Job 13:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/13-7.htm">Job 13:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/13-7.htm">Job 13:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/13-7.htm">Job 13:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/13-7.htm">Job 13:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/13-7.htm">OT Poetry: Job 13:7 Will you speak unrighteously for God (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/13-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 13:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 13:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/13-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 13:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 13:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>