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Job 13:10

He will surely reprooue you, if ye doe secretly accept any person.

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.
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,
Complete Jewish Bible
If you are secretly flattering [him], he will surely rebuke 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 Loe, mine eye hath seene all this: mine eare hath heard, and vnderstande it. 2 I knowe also as much as you knowe: I am not inferiour vnto you. 3 But I will speake to the Almightie, and I desire to dispute with God. 4 For in deede ye forge lyes, and all you are physitions of no value. 5 Oh, that you woulde holde your tongue, that it might be imputed to you for wisedome! 6 Nowe heare my disputation, and giue eare to the arguments of my lips. 7 Will ye speake wickedly for Gods defence, and talke deceitfully for his cause? 8 Will ye accept his person? or will ye contende for God? 9 Is it well that he shoulde seeke of you? will you make a lye for him, as one lyeth for a man? 10 He will surely reprooue you, if ye doe secretly accept any person.

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
So the woman (seeing that the tree was good for meate, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to get knowledge) tooke of the fruite thereof, and did eate, & gaue also to her husband with her, and he did eate.
Genesis 6:2
Then the sonnes of God sawe the daughters of men that they were faire, & they tooke them wiues of all that they liked.
Genesis 13:1
Then Abram went vp from Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him toward the South.
Genesis 13:8
Then saide Abram vnto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, betweene thee and me, neither betweene mine heardmen & thine heardmen: for we be brethren.
Genesis 13:10
So when Lot lifted vp his eyes, he saw that all the plaine of Iorden was watered euery where: (for before the Lorde destroyed Sodom and Gomorah, it was as the garden of the Lorde, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest vnto Zoar)
Genesis 13:15
For all the land, which thou seest, will I giue vnto thee and to thy seede for euer,
Genesis 13:16
And I will make thy seede, as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seede be numbred.
Genesis 13:17
Arise, walke through the land, in ye length thereof, and breadth thereof: for I will giue it vnto thee.
Genesis 14:2
These men made warre with Bera King of Sodom, and with Birsha King of Gomorah, Shinab King of Admah, and Shemeber King of Zeboiim, and the King of Bela, which is Zoar.
Genesis 14:8
Then went out the King of Sodom, and the King of Gomorah, and the King of Admah, and the King of Zeboiim, and the King of Bela, which is Zoar: and they ioyned battell with them in the vale of Siddim:

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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