King James Version
Job 13:9 in the King James Version says “Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?” — study this verse from Job chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?”
Job 13:9 · KJV
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
KJV Study — Public Domain
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“that he should search you out”
H2713properly, to penetrate; hence, to examine intimately
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
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