Job 13:10

If you secretly say/do things to cause God to act favorably toward you, he will surely rebuke you.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.

In Context

9If he looks closely, will he find that everything that you have done is good? Or can you deceive him, like you deceive other people?

11He will certainly [RHQ] cause you to be terrified by his power/greatness; you will become extremely afraid.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 19:7So now revere Yahweh, and judge cases carefully, and do not forget that Yahweh our God never acts unjustly, and he never does what people want because of their offering him money; he never accepts bribes.”

Psalms 50:21You did all those things, and I did not say anything to you, so you thought that I was a sinner just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you, right in front of you.

James 2:9But if you honor some people more than others, you are ◄doing wrong/sinning►. And because you do not do what God commanded us to do, he condemns you [PRS] because you disobey his laws.

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 →

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