Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
Could you deceive Him as you would deceive a man?
New American Standard Bible
Or
King James Version
Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
International Standard Version
Will things go well for you under his cross-examination? Can you lie to him, as you would to a human being?
A Conservative Version
Is it good that he should search you out? Or as deceiving a man, will ye deceive him?
American Standard Version
Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceiveth a man, will ye deceive him?
Amplified
“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?
Bible in Basic English
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?
Darby Translation
Will it be well if he should search you out? or as one mocketh at a man, will ye mock at him?
Julia Smith Translation
Is it good that he shall search you out?, or as he mocking against a man; will ye mock against him?
King James 2000
Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocks another, do you so mock him?
Lexham Expanded Bible
[Will it be] well, if he examines you? Or can you deceive him like deceiving a human being?
Modern King James verseion
Is it good that He should search you out? Or as one man mocks another, do you mock Him?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Shall that help you, when he calleth you to reckoning? Think ye to beguile him, as a man is beguiled?
NET Bible
Would it turn out well if he would examine you? Or as one deceives a man would you deceive him?
New Heart English Bible
Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him?
The Emphasized Bible
Would it be well, when he searched you out? Or, as one might jest with a mortal, would ye jest, with him?
Webster
Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
World English Bible
Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him?
Youngs Literal Translation
Is it good that He doth search you, If, as one mocketh at a man, ye mock at Him?
Interlinear
Chaqar
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 13:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Fourth Speech Continues
8
or argue the case in His defense?
Could you deceive Him as you would deceive a man?
if you secretly showed partiality.
Names
Cross References
Job 12:16
The deceived and the deceiver are His.
Job 17:2
and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
Job 34:36
because his answers are like those of wicked men.
Psalm 44:21
since He knows the secrets of the heart?
Psalm 139:23
test me and know my concerns.
Isaiah 28:22
or your shackles will become stronger.
Indeed, I have heard from the Lord God of Hosts
a decree of destruction for the whole land.
Jeremiah 17:10
I test the heart
to give to each according to his way,
according to what his actions deserve.
Galatians 6:7-8
Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows he will also reap,