Job 13:8

Modern

Would you show Him partiality or argue in His defense?

Traditional

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

Literal

Will you lift His face, or will you contend for God?

Latin

…numquid faciem ejus accipitis, et pro Deo judicare nitimini?

Hebrew

English

Would you show Him partiality or argue in His defense?

Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf: False witnesses were not allowed, even when speaking for God (Exodus 20:16).

Exodus 23:2–3
You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.
Proverbs 24:23
These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
Job 32:21
I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man.
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.”
Leviticus 19:15
You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
Job 34:19
…who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.

LORD: Names or title used to refer to God