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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BSBPD

“Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him like a man?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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 Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 13:9 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 12:16True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
  2. Job 17:2Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
  3. Job 34:36If only Job were tried to the utmost for answering like a wicked man.
  4. Psalms 44:21would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
  5. Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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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