Job 13:9 “Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him as you wo…”

Job 13:9

Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him as you would deceive a man?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?

World English Bible

Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him?

American Standard Version

Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceiveth a man, will ye deceive him?

Geneva Bible 1599

Is it well that he shoulde seeke of you? will you make a lye for him, as one lyeth for a man?

Darby Translation

Will it be well if he should search you out? or as one mocketh at a man, will ye mock at him?

Young's Literal Translation

Is [it] good that He doth search you, If, as one mocketh at a man, ye mock at Him?

Bible in Basic English

Will it be good for you to be searched out by him, or have you the thought that he may be guided into error like a man?

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Cross references

“search”

Jeremiah 17:10 Psalm 44:21 Job 34:36 Psalm 139:23

Jeremiah 17:10 · BSB

I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.

Psalm 44:21 · BSB

would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?

Job 34:36 · BSB

If only Job were tried to the utmost for answering like a wicked man.

Psalm 139:23 · BSB

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.

“as one”

Job 17:2 Isaiah 28:22 Galatians 6:7 Galatians 6:8

Job 17:2 · BSB

Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.

Isaiah 28:22 · BSB

So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.

Galatians 6:7 · BSB

Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.

Galatians 6:8 · BSB

The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

Also

Job 12:16

Job 12:16 · BSB

True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8Would you show Him partiality or argue in His defense?

10Surely He would rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality.

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