Job 13:9
Either it shall please him, from whom nothing may be hid? Whether he, as a man, shall be deceived by your falsenesses? (or Shall he, like a man, be deceived by your falseness, or your duplicity?)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
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
Cross References
Job 12:16Strength and wisdom is with God; he knoweth both him that deceiveth and him that is deceived.
Job 34:36My father (God), be Job proved unto the end; cease thou not from the man of wickedness, (My father God, let Job be proved evil unto the end; cease thou not from this wicked man,)
Psalms 139:23God, prove thou me, and know thou mine heart; ask thou me, and know thou my paths. (God, assay, or test, thou me, and know thou my heart; ask thou me, and know thou my thoughts.)
Jeremiah 17:10I am the Lord seeking the heart, and proving the reins, either kidneys, and I give to each man after his way, and after the fruit of his findings. (I am the Lord searching the minds, and proving the hearts, and I give to each person after his own ways, and after the fruit of his own deeds.)
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 →