Now hear my reasoning,
And heed the pleadings of my lips.
(A)Will you speak [a]wickedly for God,
And talk deceitfully for Him?
Will you show partiality for Him?
Will you contend for God?
Will it be well when He searches you out?
Or can you mock Him as one mocks a man?
10 He will surely rebuke you
If you secretly show partiality.
11 Will not His [b]excellence make you afraid,
And the dread of Him fall upon you?
12 Your platitudes are proverbs of ashes,
Your defenses are defenses of clay.

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Notas al pie

  1. Job 13:7 unrighteously
  2. Job 13:11 Lit. exaltation

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?

10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.

11 Shall not His excellency make you afraid, and His dread fall upon you?

12 Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.

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