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Job 13:9

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

KJV

aut placebit ei quem celare nihil potest ? aut decipietur, ut homo, vestris fraudulentiis ?

Vulgate

καλὸν γὰρ ἐὰν ἐξιχνιάσῃ ὑμᾶς; εἰ γὰρ τὰ πάντα ποιοῦντες προστεθήσεσθε αὐτῷ,

LXX

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

ASV

הֲ֭/טוֹב כִּֽי יַחְקֹ֣ר אֶתְ/כֶ֑ם אִם כְּ/הָתֵ֥ל בֶּ֝/אֱנ֗וֹשׁ תְּהָתֵ֥לּוּ בֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱנ֣וֹשׁ
'nvsh
noun · 41×
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הֵתַ֣לְתָּ
htlt
verb · 10×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
נֶחְקַ֖ר
nchqr
verb · 27×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gal 6:7 — Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
  • Isa 28:22 — Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
  • Jer 17:10 — I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
  • Job 12:16 — With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
  • Job 12:16 — With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
  • Job 17:2 — Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
  • Job 34:36 — My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.
  • Ps 44:21 — Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
  • Ps 139:23 — Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: