Job 13:9
Would it be well, when he searched you out? Or, as one might jest with a mortal, would ye jest, with him?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
8Even, for him, would ye be partial? Or, for GOD, would ye [so] plead?
10He will, severely rebuke, you, if ye are secretly partial.
Cross References
Job 12:16With Him, is strength and effective wisdom, to Him, belong he that erreth, and he that causeth to err.
Job 34:36Would that Job might be tested to the uttermost, for replying with the men of iniquity:
Psalms 139:23Search me, O GOD, and observe my heart, Try me, and observe my cares;
Jeremiah 17:10I—Yahweh, Searching the heart, Testing the affections; And giving to every man According to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.
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 →