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

7“Are you defending God with lies? Do you make your dishonest arguments for his sake? 8Will you slant your testimony in his favor? Will you argue God’s case for him? What will happen when he finds out what you are doing? Can you fool him as easily as you fool people? 10No, you will be in trouble with him if you secretly slant your testimony in his favor. 11Doesn’t his majesty terrify you? Doesn’t your fear of him overwhelm 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 34:36Job, you deserve the maximum penalty for the wicked way you have talked.
• Psalms 44:21God would surely have known it, for he knows the secrets of every heart.
• Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
• Jeremiah 17:10But I, the Lord, search all hearts and examine secret motives. I give all people their due rewards, according to what their actions deserve.”
• Jeremiah 17:2Even their children go to worship at their pagan altars and Asherah poles, beneath every green tree and on every high hill.
• Isaiah 28:22For the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, has plainly said that he is determined to crush the whole land. So scoff no more, or your punishment will be even greater.
• Galatians 6:7Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant.

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