Job 13:9

Job 13:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
• New International Version (NIV)Would it turn out well if he examined you? Could you deceive him as you might deceive a mortal?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Will it be well with you when he searches you out? Or can you deceive him, as one deceives a man?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Will it be well when He searches you out? Or can you mock Him as one mocks a man?

Context of Job 13:9

7You think that you can tell lies to speak on behalf of God! Your lies are not helping God. 8You are trying to win the argument for God. But you are not being honest when you do that. If God asks you questions, would he find that you speak the truth? Or would you try to deceive him, as you deceive other people? 10When you speak on God's behalf, you may think that your lies are a secret. But God will still punish you. 11His great power will frighten you. You will be very afraid of him.

Job 13:9 word by word

הֲ֭טוֹב כִּֽי־יַחְקֹ֣ר אֶתְכֶ֑ם אִם־כְּהָתֵ֥ל בֶּ֝אֱנ֗וֹשׁ תְּהָתֵ֥לּוּ בֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Is it goodטוֹבţôb · be pleasingH2895
• that he should search you outחָקַרchâqar · to searchH2713
• or as one manאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• mockethתָּלַלhâthal · to deceiveH2048

Cross-references for Job 13:9

• Job 34:36Yes Job, you speak to us like a wicked person. So you should continue to suffer for ever!
• Psalms 44:21But if we had done that, you would have discovered it. You know even our most secret thoughts.
• Psalms 139:23Please God, look deep inside me. See what is there in my thoughts.
• Jeremiah 17:10But I, the Lord, look inside a person's mind. I see what he thinks and what he feels. I see how everyone lives, and I see the things that they do. I give to each one what he deserves.
• Jeremiah 17:2Even their children always think about their altars where they worship false gods. They have put up their Asherah poles under the big trees and on the high hills.
• Isaiah 28:22So do not laugh at me when I warn you. If you do not listen, your punishment will become even worse. The Lord Almighty has told me what he has decided. He has decided to destroy the whole land.
• Galatians 6:7Nobody can hide the things that he does from God. Do not think a false thought like that! It is like a farmer who plants seeds in his field. The same kind of crops will grow as the seeds which he plants. That will be his harvest.

Commentaries on Job 13:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Is it good that he should search you out? - Would it be to your credit if God should try your hearts, and uncover the motives of your conduct? Were you tried as I am, how would you appear? Do ye so mock him? - Do ye think that you can deceive him; and by flattering speeches bring him to your terms, as you would bring an undiscerning, empty mortal, like yourselves?Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Is it good that he should search you out? - Would it be well for you if he should go into an investigation of your character, and of the arguments which you adduce? The idea is, that if God should make such an investigation, the result would be highly unfavorable to them. Perhaps Job means to intimate that, if they were subjected to the kind of trial that he had been, it would be seen that they could not bear it. “Or as one man mocketh another.” The idea…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. 99. Will the issue to you be good, when He searches out you and your arguments? Will you be regarded by Him as pure and disinterested? mock--(Ga 6:7). Rather, "Can you deceive Him as one man?" &c.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 13:9

• Blasphemy
• Persecution

In the dictionaries

• Dread
• Motheaten
• Spend
• Value
• How
• Mock; Mocker; Mocking

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