Job 13:9
7 Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?
8 Would you show Him partiality or argue in His defense?
Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him like a man?
10 Surely He would rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality.
11 Would His majesty not terrify you? Would the dread of Him not fall upon you?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him like a man?
- KJV
- Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
- WEB
- Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him?
- ASV
- Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceiveth a man, will ye deceive him?
- DARBY
- Will it be well if he should search you out? or as one mocketh at a man, will ye mock at him?
- BLB
- Will [it be] good when He searches you⁺ out? Or as one mocks a man, can you⁺ mock Him?
- ÅB
- Vil det gå dere godt når han ransaker dere, eller vil dere narre ham, som en narrer et menneske?
- OTB
- Vil det gå dere vel når Han gransker dere?
Eller vil dere villede Ham som man villeder en mann? - B1930
- Vil det gå eder godt når han ransaker eder, eller vil I narre ham, som en narrer et menneske?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 6:7–8
Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
Read in contextJeremiah 17:10
I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
Read in contextPsalms 44:21
would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
Read in contextPsalms 139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
Read in contextIsaiah 28:22
So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.
Read in contextJob 12:16
True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
Read in contextJob 34:36
If only Job were tried to the utmost for answering like a wicked man.
Read in contextJob 17:2
Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
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