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Job Prepares His Case

Job 13:8

In 11 translations

BSB
Would you show Him partiality or argue in His defense?
KJV
Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
WEB
Will you show partiality to him? Will you contend for God?
ASV
Will ye show partiality to him? Will ye contend for God?
LSV
Do you accept His face, if you strive for God?
YLT
His face do ye accept, if for God ye strive?
DBY
Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?El
DRC
Do you accept his person, and do you endeavour to judge for God?
GNV
Will ye accept his person? or will ye contende for God?
JPS
Will ye show Him favour? Will ye contend for God?
LXXE
Or will ye draw back? nay, do ye yourselves be judges.

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Original-language editions

WLC
הֲפָנָ֥יו תִּשָּׂא֑וּן אִם־לָאֵ֥ל תְּרִיבֽוּן׃
LXX-Br
Ἢ ὑποστελεῖσθε; ὑμεῖς δὲ αὐτοὶ κριταὶ γίνεσθε.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Proverbs 24:23These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
  • Exodus 23:2–3You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd. And do not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.
  • Job 34:19who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.
  • Malachi 2:9“So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”
  • Job 32:21I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man.
  • Leviticus 19:15You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.

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