Job 13:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Will ye speak unrighteously for God, And talk deceitfully for him?

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 36:4 : 4 For truly my words are not false: One that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
John 16:2 : 2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think that he offereth service unto God.
Rom 3:5-8 : 5 But if our righteousness commendeth the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who visiteth with wrath? (I speak after the manner of men.) 6 God forbid: {G1096} for then how shall God judge the world? 7 But if the truth of God through my lie abounded unto his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner? 8 and why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), {G3754} Let us do evil, that good may come? whose condemnation is just.
2 Cor 4:2 : 2 but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
Job 4:7 : 7 Remember, I pray thee, who [ever] perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
Job 11:2-4 : 2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified? 3 Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? 4 For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in thine eyes.
Job 17:5 : 5 He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Job 27:4 : 4 Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.
Job 32:21-22 : 21 Let me not, I pray you, respect any man's person; Neither will I give flattering titles unto any man. 22 For I know not to give flattering titles; [Else] would my Maker soon take me away.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Job 13:8-9
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8Will ye show partiality to him? Will ye contend for God?
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6Hear now my reasoning, And hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
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3Doth God pervert justice? Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness?
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Ps 34:13
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13Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.
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8Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?
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Job 15:3-5
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3Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
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Job 11:5
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17Shall even one that hateth justice govern? And wilt thou condemn him that is righteous [and] mighty?—
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Isa 57:4
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Job 13:17
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