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Job 13:8

Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?

KJV

numquid faciem ejus accipitis, et pro Deo judicare nitimini ?

Vulgate

ἢ ὑποστελεῖσθε; ὑμεῖς δὲ αὐτοὶ κριταὶ γένεσθε.

LXX

Will ye show partiality to him? Will ye contend for God?

ASV

הֲ/פָנָ֥י/ו תִּשָּׂא֑וּ/ן אִם לָ/אֵ֥ל תְּרִיבֽוּ/ן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
ה
h
verb · 70×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 23:2 — Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
  • Gal 6:7 — Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
  • Job 32:21 — Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
  • Job 34:19 — How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
  • Prov 24:23 — These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.