King James Version

Job 13:7

Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

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הַ֭לְאֵלhalelthe to idolאֵלparticle, interrogative, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the to idol”, the ordinary formH410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)God (god), [idiom] goodly, [idiom] great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in '-el.'תְּדַבְּר֣וּtedabrvspeakדָבַרverb, piel, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “speak”, an unfinished actionH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.עַוְלָ֑הavlahiniquityעֶוֶלnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “iniquity”, the ordinary formH5766(moral) eviliniquity, perverseness, unjust(-ly), unrighteousness(-ly); wicked(-ness).וְ֝ל֗וֹvelvoand toוְ֝ל֗וֹconjunction, preposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and to”and toתְּֽדַבְּר֥וּtedabrvspeakדָבַרverb, piel, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “speak”, an unfinished actionH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.רְמִיָּֽהremiyahdeceitרְמִיָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “deceit”, the ordinary formH7423remissness, treacherydeceit(-ful, -fully), false, guile, idle, slack, slothful.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Will ye speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for Him?

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

For God do ye speak perverseness? And for Him do ye speak deceit?

World English Bible

Will you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?

Darby Translation

Will ye speak unrighteously for God? and for him speak deceit?

Douay-Rheims

Hath God any need of your lie, that you should speak deceitfully for him?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Will ye speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for Him?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Do ye not speak before the Lord, and utter deceit before him?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Πότερον οὐκ ἔναντι Κυρίου λαλεῖτε, ἔναντι δὲ αὐτοῦ φθέγγεσθε δόλον;