God’s Word Translation
Job 13:10
10Will he really defend you if you secretly favor ⌞him⌟?
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
8Will you favor him ⌞as⌟ if you were arguing in court on God’s behalf? 9Will it go well when he cross-examines you? Will you try to trick him as one mortal tricks another? Will he really defend you if you secretly favor ⌞him⌟? 11Doesn’t his majesty terrify you? Doesn’t the fear of him fall upon you? 12“Your recollections are worthless proverbs. Your answers are absolutely useless.
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הוֹכֵ֣חַ יוֹכִ֣יחַ אֶתְכֶ֑ם אִם־בַּ֝סֵּ֗תֶר פָּנִ֥ים תִּשָּׂאֽוּן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 13:10
- Job 42:7After the Lord had said those things to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz from Teman, “I’m very angry with you and your two friends because you didn’t speak what is right about me as my servant Job has done.
- Psalms 50:21When you did these things, I remained silent. ⌞That⌟ made you think I was like you. I will argue my point with you and lay it all out for you to see.
- Psalms 82:2“How long are you going to judge unfairly? How long are you going to side with wicked people?” Selah
- James 2:9If you favor one person over another, you’re sinning, and this law convicts you of being disobedient.
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
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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
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