Berean Standard Bible
Job 13:10
10Surely He would rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality.
Job 13:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
- New International Version (NIV)He would surely call you to account if you secretly showed partiality.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He will surely rebuke you if in secret you show partiality.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He will surely rebuke you If you secretly show partiality.
Context of Job 13:10
8Would you show Him partiality or argue in His defense? 9Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him as you would deceive a man? Surely He would rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality. 11Would His majesty not terrify you? Would the dread of Him not fall upon you? 12Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
Read all of Job 13Job 13:10 word by word
הוֹכֵ֣חַ יוֹכִ֣יחַ אֶתְכֶ֑ם אִם־בַּ֝סֵּ֗תֶר פָּנִ֥ים תִּשָּׂאֽוּן׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 13:10
- Job 42:7After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.
- Psalms 50:21You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
- Psalms 82:2“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
- James 2:9But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
Commentaries on Job 13:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10He will surely reprove you - You may expect, not only his disapprobation, but his hot displeasure.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons - If you show partiality, you will incur his disapprobation. This seems to have much era proverbial cast, and to mean that under no possible circumstances was it right to show partiality. No matter for whom it may be done, it will be displeasing to God. Even if it be in favor of the righteous, the widow, the fatherless, or of himself, if there is not a disposition to judge according to truth and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-10Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf: False witnesses were not allowed, even when speaking for God (Exodus 20:16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. If ye do, though secretly, act partially. (See on Job 13:8; Psa 82:1, 2). God can successfully vindicate His acts, and needs no fallacious argument of man.Read the comment
Topics related to Job 13:10
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Job 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
Berean Standard Bible — © Berean Bible — CC0 / Public Domain
Commentaries