Job 13:9
Is it hatov that He should search you out? 1 Or do you play the jester with Him, as one plays the jester with enosh? 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
8Will ye be partial to Him? 1 Will ye play the part of the defense attorney for El? 1
10He will surely reprove you, 1 if ye do act with partiality beseter (secretly). 1
Cross References
Job 12:16With Him is oz (strength) and tushiyyah (true wisdom); 1 the deceived and the deceiver are His. 1
Job 34:36Iyov ought to be tried unto the limit, 1 because his answers are those of anshei aven. 1
Psalms 139:23Search me, O El, and know my levav; 1 test me, and know my thoughts; 1
Jeremiah 17:10I, Hashem, search the lev, 1 I test the kelayot (kidneys), + 17:10 i.e., most inward parts 1 requiting to every ish according to his drakhim, 1 and according to the p'ri of his deeds. 1
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 →