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

7Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for him? 8Will you show him partiality? Will you argue the case for God? Would it turn out well if he would examine you? Or as one deceives a man would you deceive him? 10He would certainly rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality! 11Would not his splendor terrify you and the fear he inspires fall on you?

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 34:36But Job will be tested to the end, because his answers are like those of wicked men.
• Psalms 44:21would not God discover it, for he knows one’s thoughts?
• Psalms 139:23Examine me, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns!
• Jeremiah 17:10I, the Lord, probe into people’s minds. I examine people’s hearts. I deal with each person according to how he has behaved. I give them what they deserve based on what they have done.
• Jeremiah 17:2Their children are always thinking about their altars and their sacred poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah, set up beside the green trees on the high hills
• Isaiah 28:22So now, do not mock, or your chains will become heavier! For I have heard a message about decreed destruction, from the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, against the entire land.
• Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived. God will not be made a fool. For a person will reap what he sows,

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