With him are strength and wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
Job 13:9 - New Revised Standard Version Will it be well with you when he searches you out? Or can you deceive him, as one person deceives another? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Would it be profitable for you if He should investigate your tactics [with me]? Or as one deceives and mocks a man, do you deceive and mock Him? American Standard Version (1901) Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceiveth a man, will ye deceive him? Common English Bible Will it go well when he searches you, or can you fool him as you fool people? Catholic Public Domain Version Or, will it please him, from whom nothing can be concealed? Or, will he be deceived, like a man, by your deceitfulness? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Or shall it please him, from whom nothing can be concealed? Or shall he be deceived as a man, with your deceitful dealings? |
With him are strength and wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
But mortals die, and are laid low; humans expire, and where are they?
Surely there are mockers around me, and my eye dwells on their provocation.
Would that Job were tried to the limit, because his answers are those of the wicked.
Now therefore do not scoff, or your bonds will be made stronger; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord God of hosts upon the whole land.
I the Lord test the mind and search the heart, to give to all according to their ways, according to the fruit of their doings.