Job 13:9
Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
Job 13:9 in other translations
| BSB | Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him like a man? |
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| 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? |
| YLT | Is it good that He doth search you, If, as one mocketh at a man, ye mock at Him? |
| DARBY | Will it be well if he should search you out? or as one mocketh at a man, will ye mock at him? |
| BBE | Will it be good for you to be searched out by him, or have you the thought that he may be guided into error like a man? |
| Webster | Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him? |
What does Job 13:9 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 13:1-12
With self-preference, Job declared that he needed not to be taught by them. Those who dispute are tempted to magnify themselves, and lower their brethren, more than is fit. When dismayed or distressed with the fear of wrath, the force of temptation, or the weight of affliction, we should apply to the Physician of our souls, who never rejects any, never prescribes amiss, and never leaves any case uncured. To Him we…
Job 13:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 13:9
- Galatians 6:7-8
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
- Jeremiah 17:10
I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
- Psalms 44:21
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
- Psalms 139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
- Isaiah 28:22
Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord God of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
- Job 12:16
With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
- Job 34:36
My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.
- Job 17:2
Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
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Context
- Job 13:8
Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
- Job 13:9
Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
- Job 13:10
He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
Job 13:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Sería bueno que él os escudriñase? ¿os burlaréis de él como quien se burla de algún hombre? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Vous est-il agréable qu’il vous sonde? Vous moquerez-vous de lui comme on se moque d’un mortel? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ist es gut für euch, daß er euch erforsche? oder werdet ihr ihn täuschen, wie man einen Menschen täuscht? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | aut placebit ei quem celare nihil potest? aut decipietur, ut homo, vestris fraudulentiis? |