Job 13:9
Will it be good for you when he searches you out? 1 Could you deceive him as you might deceive men? 1
Unlocked Literal 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 you show him partiality? 1 Will you argue the case for God? 1
10He would surely reprove you 1 if in secret you showed partiality. 1
Cross References
Job 12:16With him are strength and wisdom; 1 people who are deceived and the deceiver are both in his power. 1
Job 34:36If only Job were put on trial in the smallest details of his case 1 because of his talking like wicked men. 1
Psalms 139:23Examine me, God, and know my heart; 1 test me and know my thoughts. 1
Jeremiah 17:10I am Yahweh, the one who searches through the mind, who tests the hearts. 1 I give to each person according to his ways, according to the fruit 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 →