Job 13:8
Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
Will ye accept his person? Will yee contend for God?
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- Exodus 23:2–3Rank 1 from verse 8
2¶ Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
3¶ Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
2¶ Thou shalt not follow a multitude to doe euill: neither shalt thou †speake in a cause, to decline after many, to wrest iudgement:
3¶ Neither shalt thou countenance a poore man in his cause.
- Proverbs 24:23Rank 2 from verse 8
19How 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.
19*How much lesse to him that accepteth not the persons of Princes, nor regardeth the rich more then the poore? for they all are the woorke of his hands.
- Leviticus 19:15Rank 5 from verse 8
15¶ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
15¶ Ye shall doe no vnrighteousnes in iudgement; thou shalt not *respect the person of the poore, nor honour the person of the mightie: but in righteousnesse shalt thou iudge thy neighbour.
- Malachi 2:9Rank 6 from verse 8
9Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
9‖Therefore haue I also made you contemptible and base before al the people, according as yee haue not kept my wayes, but haue bin partiall in y e law.
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Job 13:8
The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Sense 1: To receive or consent to what is offered; to approve. Sense 2: To regard with favour or partiality.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. To strive against or oppose, whether in battle, dispute, or judgment. 2. To strive earnestly for or in support of a person or cause.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
The one true God.
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7Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
7Wil you speake wickedly for God? and talke deceitfully for him?
8Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
8Will ye accept his person? Will yee contend for God?
Selected passage9Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
9Is it good that hee should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, doe ye so mocke him?