Job 13:9

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

Is [it] good that He searches you, || If, as one mocks at a man, you mock at Him?

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

Or shall it please him, from whom nothing can be concealed? or shall he be deceived as a man, with your deceitful dealings?

GNV

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

JPS

Would it be good that He should search you out? Or as one mocketh a man, will ye mock Him?

LXXE

For it were well if he would thoroughly search you: for though doing all things in your power ye should attach yourselves to him,

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WLC

הֲ֭טוֹב כִּֽי־יַחְקֹ֣ר אֶתְכֶ֑ם אִם־כְּהָתֵ֥ל בֶּ֝אֱנ֗וֹשׁ תְּהָתֵ֥לּוּ בֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Καλὸν γὰρ ἐὰν ἐξιχνιάσῃ ὑμᾶς, εἰ γὰρ τὰ πάντα ποιοῦντες προστεθήσεσθε αὐτῷ,

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• Galatians 6:7–8Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. 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…
• 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.
• Psalms 44:21would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
• Job 12:16True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
• Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
• Job 34:36If only Job were tried to the utmost for answering like a wicked man.
• Job 17:2Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
• 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.

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