the Week of Proper 13 / Ordinary 18
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THE MESSAGE
Job 13:9
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Would it go well if he examined you?Could you deceive him as you would deceive a man?
Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him?
Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
Will it be well with you when he searches you out? Or can you deceive him, as one deceives a man?
You will not do well if he examines you; you cannot fool God as you might fool humans.
Would it turn out well if he would examine you? Or as one deceives a man would you deceive him?
"Will it be well for you when He investigates you [and your tactics against me]? Or will you deceive Him as one deceives a man?
"Will it go well when He examines you? Or will you deceive Him as one deceives a man?
Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him?
Is it well that he shoulde seeke of you? will you make a lye for him, as one lyeth for a man?
Will it be well when He examines you?Or will you deceive Him as one deceives a man?
Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him like a man?
If he took you to court, could you fool him, just as you fool others?
If he examines you, will all go well? Can you deceive him, as one man deceives another?
Will it be well if he should search you out? or as one mocketh at a man, will ye mock at him?
If God checked you very closely, would he see that you are right? Do you really think you can fool God the same as you fool people?
Is it good for you that he should search you out? Or as you are judged by men, would you be judged by him?
If God looks at you closely, will he find anything good? Do you think you can fool God the way you fool others?
Will it be well, if he examines you? Or can you deceive him like deceiving a human being?
Or as one man mocks another, do you mock Him? Is it good that He should search you out?
Shal that helpe you, when he calleth you to rekenynge? Thynke ye to begyle him, as a man is begyled?
Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceiveth a man, will ye deceive him?
Will it be good for you to be searched out by him, or have you the thought that he may be guided into error like a man?
Would it be good that He should search you out? Or as one mocketh a man, will ye mock Him?
Is it good that hee should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, doe ye so mocke him?
Shall that helpe you when he calleth you to reckening? For as one man mocketh an other, so do ye mocke him.
For it were well if he would thoroughly search you: for though doing all things in your power ye should attach yourselves to him,
Is it good that he should search you out? or as one deceiveth a man, will ye deceive him?
Ethir it schal plese hym, fro whom no thing mai be hid? Whether he as a man schal be disseyued with youre falsnessis?
Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives common man, will you deceive him?
Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye [so] mock him?
Will it be well when He searches you out? Or can you mock Him as one mocks a man?
What will happen when he finds out what you are doing? Can you fool him as easily as you fool people?
Will it be well when He tests you? Or do you lie to Him as one lies to a man?
Will it be well with you when he searches you out? Or can you deceive him, as one person deceives another?
Would it be well, when he searched you out? Or, as one might jest with a mortal, would ye jest, with him?
Or shall it please him, from whom nothing can be concealed? or shall he be deceived as a man, with your deceitful dealings?
Will it be well with you when he searches you out? Or can you deceive him, as one deceives a man?
Is [it] good that He doth search you, If, as one mocketh at a man, ye mock at Him?
"Will it be well when He examines you? Or will you deceive Him as one deceives a man?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
search: Job 34:36, Psalms 44:21, Psalms 139:23, Jeremiah 17:10
as one: Job 17:2, Isaiah 28:22, Galatians 6:7, Galatians 6:8
Reciprocal: Job 11:3 - mockest Job 21:3 - mock on Matthew 27:41 - General Mark 15:19 - they smote
Cross-References
Abram said to Lot, "Let's not have fighting between us, between your shepherds and my shepherds. After all, we're family. Look around. Isn't there plenty of land out there? Let's separate. If you go left, I'll go right; if you go right, I'll go left."
So Abram left Egypt and went back to the Negev, he and his wife and everything he owned, and Lot still with him. By now Abram was very rich, loaded with cattle and silver and gold. He moved on from the Negev, camping along the way, to Bethel, the place he had first set up his tent between Bethel and Ai and built his first altar. Abram prayed there to God . Lot, who was traveling with Abram, was also rich in sheep and cattle and tents. But the land couldn't support both of them; they had too many possessions. They couldn't both live there—quarrels broke out between Abram's shepherds and Lot's shepherds. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living on the land at the time. Abram said to Lot, "Let's not have fighting between us, between your shepherds and my shepherds. After all, we're family. Look around. Isn't there plenty of land out there? Let's separate. If you go left, I'll go right; if you go right, I'll go left." Lot looked. He saw the whole plain of the Jordan spread out, well watered (this was before God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah), like God 's garden, like Egypt, and stretching all the way to Zoar. Lot took the whole plain of the Jordan. Lot set out to the east. That's how they came to part company, uncle and nephew. Abram settled in Canaan; Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent near Sodom.
The people of Sodom were evil—flagrant sinners against God .
Abram moved his tent. He went and settled by the Oaks of Mamre in Hebron. There he built an altar to God .
These court cases are an ugly blot on your community. Wouldn't it be far better to just take it, to let yourselves be wronged and forget it? All you're doing is providing fuel for more wrong, more injustice, bringing more hurt to the people of your own spiritual family.
Work at getting along with each other and with God. Otherwise you'll never get so much as a glimpse of God. Make sure no one gets left out of God's generosity. Keep a sharp eye out for weeds of bitter discontent. A thistle or two gone to seed can ruin a whole garden in no time. Watch out for the Esau syndrome: trading away God's lifelong gift in order to satisfy a short-term appetite. You well know how Esau later regretted that impulsive act and wanted God's blessing—but by then it was too late, tears or no tears.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Is it good that he should search you out?.... That is, God; searching is ascribed to him after the manner of men; not that he is ignorant of persons or things he searches after, or exercises that application, diligence, and industry, and takes those pains which are necessary in men to find out anything; when he makes search, it is not on his own account, but others; at least it is only to show his knowledge of persons and things, and to make men known to others, or things to them themselves; and is here to be understood in a judicial sense, as it frequently is the case, so it was here, a man that is "first in his own cause", as the wise man says, Proverbs 18:17, "seemeth just"; to himself and others; it looks upon the representation he makes of things as if he was in the right: "but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him"; traverses his arguments in his own vindication, and shows the fallacy of them; so Job's friends, making the worst of his cause, and the best of their own, seemed right in their own eyes; but God, who is the searcher of hearts, and who knows all things, could see through their coverings of things, and could not be deceived by them, but would find them out, and expose them; as he did afterwards, when he gave judgment against them, and declared they had not said that which was right, as his servant Job had, Job 42:7; and therefore it was not to their profit and advantage, and to their honour and credit, to be searched out by him, or to run the risk of it, as they did, which is the amount of this question:
or as one mocketh another, do ye [so] mock him? men may be mocked by their fellow creatures, either by words or gestures, as good men usually are in all ages, especially the prophets of the Lord, and the ministers of his word; or they may he deceived and imposed upon by the false glosses and colourings of artful men, as simple men are deceived by the fair speeches of false teachers, which is no other than an illusion of them, or mocking them: in the first sense God may be mocked, though he should not; there have been and will be such bold and daring creatures as to mock at his promises and his providence, to mock at his word, ordinances, and ministers, which is interpreted by him a mocking and despising himself; but in the latter sense he cannot be mocked, and it is a vain thing to attempt it; "be not deceived, God is not mocked", Galatians 6:7; he sees through all the fallacious reasonings of men; he judges not according to outward appearance; he sees and knows the heart, and all the views and designs of men, and can detect all their sophisms and false glosses; he is not to be deceived by specious pretences of doing such and such actions for his glory, as casting out good men, and their names, or traducing their characters that he may be glorified, or killing them to do him service, Isaiah 66:5; he is not to be flattered as one man may flatter another; to do this with him, is to mock him, he is not to be mocked in this way.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Is it good that he should search you out? - Would it be well for you if he should go into an investigation of your character, and of the arguments which you adduce? The idea is, that if God should make such an investigation, the result would be highly unfavorable to them. Perhaps Job means to intimate that, if they were subjected to the kind of trial that he had been, it would be seen that they could not bear it. “Or as one man mocketh another.” The idea here is, “it is possible to delude or deceive man, but God cannot be deceived. You may conceal your thoughts and motives from man, but you cannot from God. You may use arguments that may impose upon man - you may employ fallacies and sophisms which he cannot detect, but every such effort is vain with God;” compare Galatians 6:7.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 13:9. Is it good that he should search you out? — Would it be to your credit if God should try your hearts, and uncover the motives of your conduct? Were you tried as I am, how would you appear?
Do ye so mock him? — Do ye think that you can deceive him; and by flattering speeches bring him to your terms, as you would bring an undiscerning, empty mortal, like yourselves?
