Job 13:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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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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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

Prov 24:23 : 23 These also are [sayings] of the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.
Mal 2:9 : 9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have had respect of persons in the law.
Exod 23:2-3 : 2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest [justice]: 3 neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause.
Lev 19:15 : 15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.
Job 32:21 : 21 Let me not, I pray you, respect any man's person; Neither will I give flattering titles unto any man.
Job 34:19 : 19 That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Job 13:7
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7Will ye speak unrighteously for God, And talk deceitfully for him?
Job 13:9-11
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9Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceiveth a man, will ye deceive him?
10He will surely reprove you, If ye do secretly show partiality.
11Shall not his majesty make you afraid, And his dread fall upon you?
Job 40:8-9
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8Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?
9Or hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
Job 22:3-4
2 verses
75%
3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain [to him], that thou makest thy ways perfect?
4Is it for thy fear [of him] that he reproveth thee, That he entereth with thee into judgment?
Job 40:2
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2Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.
Job 33:13
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13Why dost thou strive against him, For that he giveth not account of any of his matters?
Job 10:2-4
3 verses
73%
2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.
3Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, That thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
4Hast thou eyes of flesh? Or seest thou as man seeth?
Job 19:5
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5If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach;
Ps 10:13
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13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it]?
Job 14:3
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3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?
Job 15:13
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13That against God thou turnest thy spirit, And lettest words go out of thy mouth?
Job 8:3
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3Doth God pervert justice? Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness?
Mal 1:9
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9And now, I pray you, entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he accept any of your persons? saith Jehovah of hosts.
Job 27:9-10
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9Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?
10Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call upon God at all times?
Job 4:17
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17Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
Ps 82:2
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2How long will ye judge unjustly, And respect the persons of the wicked? Selah
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71%
19Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost.
Isa 50:8
71%
8He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand up together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.
Job 23:6
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6Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.
Job 15:11
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Job 9:3
70%
3If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand.
Job 15:8
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8Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?
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3Will he make many supplications unto thee? Or will he speak soft words unto thee?
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4Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God.
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19Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he still find fault? For who withstandeth his will?
Job 34:33
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33Shall his recompense be as thou wilt, that thou refusest it? For thou must choose, and not I: Therefore speak what thou knowest.
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31Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done?
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8Now therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you; for him will I accept, that I deal not with you after your folly; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
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3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.
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17Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? In that ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of Jehovah, and he delighteth in them; or where is the God of justice?
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24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy?
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19Give heed to me, O Jehovah, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.