Job 13:9
Is it well that he shoulde seeke of you? will you make a lye for him, as one lyeth for a man?
Geneva Bible 1599
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 accept his person? or will ye contende for God?
10He will surely reprooue you, if ye doe secretly accept any person.
Cross References
Job 12:16With him is strength and wisedome: hee that is deceiued, and that deceiueth, are his.
Job 34:36I desire that Iob may be tryed, vnto the ende touching the answeres for wicked men.
Psalms 139:23Try mee, O God, and knowe mine heart: prooue me and know my thoughtes,
Jeremiah 17:10I the Lord search the heart, and try ye reines, euen to giue euery man according to his wayes, and according to the fruite of his workes.
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 →