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Job 13:9 Cross-References
Explore 8 cross-references for Job 13:9 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 13 verse 9 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?”
Job 13:9 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 13:9
Is it good that he should search you out? (הֲטוֹב כִּי־יַחְקֹר אֶתְכֶם, hatov ki-yakhqor etkhem)—Job turns the tables on his accusers. Yakhqor means 'to examine thoroughly, investigate, search out'—the same word used of God searching hearts (Psalm 139:1). Job warns that the divine scrutiny they invoke against him will expose their own falsehood.As one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?—The Hebrew hatalu (mock, deceive) implies treating someone as a fool. Job accuses his friends of attempting to deceive God with pious platitudes and false testimony, as if the Almighty could be manipulated ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 13:9
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“for whatever a man sows”
“Yahweh”
“Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.”
“God”
“With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.”
“because of his answering like wicked men.”
“lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord”
“Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?”