Job 13:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him like a man?”
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“Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him like a man?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceiveth a man, will ye deceive him?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Is <FI>it<Fi> good that He doth search you, If, as one mocketh at a man, ye mock at Him?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 13:9 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 12:16True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
- Job 17:2Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
- Job 34:36If only Job were tried to the utmost for answering like a wicked man.
- Psalms 44:21would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
- Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
- Isaiah 28:22So 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.
- Jeremiah 17:10I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
- Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
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