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Complete Jewish Bible

Job 13:10

If you are secretly flattering [him], he will surely rebuke you.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Persecution;   Thompson Chain Reference - Justice-Injustice;   Partiality;   Social Duties;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Greatness of God;   Hypocrisy;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Job, Book of;   Respect of Persons;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for January 8;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Surely he would rebuke youif you secretly showed partiality.
Hebrew Names Version
He will surely reprove you If you secretly show partiality.
King James Version
He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
English Standard Version
He will surely rebuke you if in secret you show partiality.
New Century Version
God would surely scold you if you unfairly took one person's side.
New English Translation
He would certainly rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality!
Amplified Bible
"He will surely reprimand you If you secretly show partiality.
New American Standard Bible
"He will certainly punish you If you secretly show partiality.
World English Bible
He will surely reprove you If you secretly show partiality.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He will surely reprooue you, if ye doe secretly accept any person.
Legacy Standard Bible
He will surely reprove youIf you secretly show partiality.
Berean Standard Bible
Surely He would rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality.
Contemporary English Version
If you were secretly unfair, he would correct you,
Darby Translation
He will certainly reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
Easy-to-Read Version
You know that God would criticize you if you chose someone's side simply because they were important.
George Lamsa Translation
He will surely reprove you, if you will show partiality.
Good News Translation
Even though your prejudice is hidden, he will reprimand you,
Lexham English Bible
"Surely he will rebuke you if you show partiality in secret.
Literal Translation
Reproving He will reprove you if you secretly lift up faces.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Punysh you shall he and reproue you, yf ye do secretly accepte eny personne.
American Standard Version
He will surely reprove you, If ye do secretly show partiality.
Bible in Basic English
He will certainly put you right, if you have respect for persons in secret.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly show favour.
King James Version (1611)
He will surely reprooue you, if yee doe secretly accept persons.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He shall punishe you, and reproue you, if ye do secretly accept any person.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
he will not reprove you at all the less: but if moreover ye should secretly respect persons,
English Revised Version
He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly respect persons.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He schal repreue you; for ye taken his face in hiddlis.
Update Bible Version
He will surely reprove you, If you secretly show partiality.
Webster's Bible Translation
He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
New King James Version
He will surely rebuke you If you secretly show partiality.
New Living Translation
No, you will be in trouble with him if you secretly slant your testimony in his favor.
New Life Bible
For sure He will speak strong words to you if you show favor in secret.
New Revised Standard
He will surely rebuke you if in secret you show partiality.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He will, severely rebuke, you, if ye are secretly partial.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He shall reprove you, because in secret you accept his person.
Revised Standard Version
He will surely rebuke you if in secret you show partiality.
Young's Literal Translation
He doth surely reprove you, if in secret ye accept faces.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"He will surely reprove you If you secretly show partiality.

Contextual Overview

1 "All this I have seen with my own eyes; with my own ears I have heard and understood it. 2 Whatever you know, I know too; I am not inferior to you. 3 However, it's Shaddai I want to speak with; I want to prove my case to God. 4 But you, what you do is whitewash with lies; you are all witch doctors! 5 I wish you would just stay silent; for you, that would be wisdom! 6 "Now listen to my reasoning, pay attention to how I present my dispute. 7 Is it for God's sake that you speak so wickedly? for him that you talk deceitfully? 8 Do you need to take his side and plead God's case for him? 9 If he examines you, will all go well? Can you deceive him, as one man deceives another? 10 If you are secretly flattering [him], he will surely rebuke you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

reprove: Job 42:7, Job 42:8, Psalms 50:21, Psalms 50:22, Psalms 82:2, James 2:9

Cross-References

Genesis 3:6
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it had a pleasing appearance and that the tree was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her; and he ate.
Genesis 6:2
the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were attractive; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.
Genesis 13:1
Avram went up from Egypt — he, his wife and everything he had, and Lot with him — into the Negev.
Genesis 13:8
Avram said to Lot, "Please, let's not have quarreling between me and you, or between my herdsmen and yours, since we're kinsmen.
Genesis 13:10
Lot looked up and saw that the whole plain of the Yarden was well watered everywhere, before Adonai destroyed S'dom and ‘Amora, like the garden of Adonai , like the land of Egypt in the direction of Tzo‘ar.
Genesis 13:15
All the land you see I will give to you and your descendants forever,
Genesis 13:16
and I will make your descendants as numerous as the specks of dust on the earth — so that if a person can count the specks of dust on the earth, then your descendants can be counted.
Genesis 13:17
Get up and walk through the length and breadth of the land, because I will give it to you."
Genesis 14:2
they made war together against Bera king of S'dom and against Birsha king of ‘Amora, Shin'av king of Admah, Shem'ever king of Tzvoyim, and the king of Bela (which is the same as Tzo‘ar).
Genesis 14:8
Then the kings of S'dom, ‘Amora, Admah, Tzvoyim and Bela (that is, Tzo‘ar) came out and arrayed themselves for battle in the Siddim Valley

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He will surely reprove you,.... Or "in reproving he will reprove you" r; he will certainly do it, it may be depended upon, and be expected; he will never suffer sin to go unreproved and uncorrected; he will do it to the purpose, with sharpness and severity, as the nature of the crime requires; he reproves by his spirit, and it is well for men when he thoroughly, and in a spiritual and saving way, reproves them by him, and convinces them of sin, righteousness, and judgment; and he reproves by his word, which is written for reproof and correction; and by his ministers, one part of whose work it is to rebuke and reprove men for bad practices, and bad principles; and in some cases they are to use sharpness, and which when submitted to, and kindly taken, it is well; and sometimes he reproves by his providences, by afflictive dispensations, and that either in love, as he rebukes his own children, or in wrath and hot displeasure, as others, which is here designed; and as it is always for sin he rebukes men, so particularly he rebukes for the following, as might be expected:

if ye do secretly accept persons; acceptance of persons in judgment is prohibited by God, and is highly resented by him; yea, even the acceptance of his own person to the prejudice of the character of an innocent man; which seems to be what Job has respect unto, as appears from Job 13:8; and some versions render it, "if ye accept his face" a; and though this may be done no openly and publicly, but in a covert and secret manner, under disguise, and with specious pretences to the honour and glory of God.

r הוכח יוכיח "arguiendo arguet", Pagninus, Montanus, Munster, Bolducius, Mercerus, Cocceius, Schmidt; "redarguendo redarguet", Michaelis. a פנים "faciem ejus", V. L. Munster, Piscator; "personam ipsius", Beza, so the Targum.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons - If you show partiality, you will incur his disapprobation. This seems to have much era proverbial cast, and to mean that under no possible circumstances was it right to show partiality. No matter for whom it may be done, it will be displeasing to God. Even if it be in favor of the righteous, the widow, the fatherless, or of himself, if there is not a disposition to judge according to truth and evidence, God will frown upon you. No matter who the parties might be; no matter what their rank; no matter what friendship there might be for one or the other of them, it was never to be assumed that one was right and the other wrong without evidence. The exact truth was to be sought after, and the judgement made up accordingly. Even when God was one of the parties, the same course was to be pursued. His character was capable of being successfully vindicated, and he would not be pleased to have his cause defended or decided by partiality, or by mere favor. Hence, he encourages people to bring forth their strong reasons, and to adduce all that can be said against his government and laws. See the notes at Isaiah 41:1-21.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 13:10. He will surely reprove you — You may expect, not only his disapprobation, but his hot displeasure.


 
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