Job 13:9
Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him like a man?
Berean Standard Bible
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
8Would you show Him partiality or argue in His defense?
10Surely He would rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality.
Cross References
Job 12:16True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
Job 34:36If only Job were tried to the utmost for answering like a wicked man.
Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
Jeremiah 17:10I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
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 →