God’s Word Translation
Job 13:9
9Will it go well when he cross-examines you? Will you try to trick him as one mortal tricks another?
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
7“Will you talk wickedly for God and talk deceitfully on his behalf? 8Will you favor him ⌞as⌟ if you were arguing in court on God’s behalf? Will it go well when he cross-examines you? Will you try to trick him as one mortal tricks another? 10Will he really defend you if you secretly favor ⌞him⌟? 11Doesn’t his majesty terrify you? Doesn’t the fear of him fall upon you?
Read all of Job 13Job 13:9 word by word
הֲ֭טוֹב כִּֽי־יַחְקֹ֣ר אֶתְכֶ֑ם אִם־כְּהָתֵ֥ל בֶּ֝אֱנ֗וֹשׁ תְּהָתֵ֥לּוּ בֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 13:9
- Job 34:36“My Father, let Job be thoroughly tested for giving answers like wicked people do.
- Psalms 44:21wouldn’t God find out, since he knows the secrets in our hearts?
- Psalms 139:23Examine me, O God, and know my mind. Test me, and know my thoughts.
- Jeremiah 17:10I, the Lord, search minds and test hearts. I will reward each person for what he has done. I will reward him for the results of his actions.
- Jeremiah 17:2Even their children remember their altars and their poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah beside large trees on high hills
- Isaiah 28:22Now stop laughing, or your chains will be tightened, because I have heard that the Almighty Lord of Armies has finally determined to destroy the whole land.
- Galatians 6:7Make no mistake about this: You can never make a fool out of God. Whatever you plant is what you’ll 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
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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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