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Job 13:8

Job 13:8
Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

Will ye accept his person?.... Accepting persons ought not to be done in judgment by earthly judges; which is done when…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Will ye accept his person? - That is, will you be partial to him? The language is such as is used in relation to courts…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 13:1-12

Job here warmly expresses his resentment of the unkindness of his friends.

I. He comes up with them as one that…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

The same charge put more explicitly. To accept the person of one is to be partial on his side, cf. Job 13:13.

contend…

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