Job 13:9
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?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
In Context
8Will you have respect for God's person in this cause, and put yourselves forward as his supporters?
10He will certainly put you right, if you have respect for persons in secret.
Cross References
Job 12:16With him are strength and wise designs; he who is guided into error, together with his guide, are in his hands;
Job 34:36May Job be tested to the end, because his answers have been like those of evil men.
Psalms 139:23O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:
Jeremiah 17:10I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.
Matthew Henry on Job 13:2-13
Job's Reply to Zophar. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it. 2 What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you. 3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God. 4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. 5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom. 6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips. 7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for… Read the whole commentary →