Job 13:9

Modern

Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him as you would deceive a man?

Traditional

Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?

Literal

Will it be good when He searches you out? Or as one mocks a man, can you mock Him?

Latin

…aut placebit ei quem celare nihil potest? aut decipietur, ut homo, vestris fraudulentiis?

Hebrew

English

Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him as you would deceive a man?

Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf: False witnesses were not allowed, even when speaking for God (Exodus 20:16).

Galatians 6:7–8
Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
Jeremiah 17:10
I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
Psalm 44:21
…would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
Job 34:36
If only Job were tried to the utmost for answering like a wicked man.
Isaiah 28:22
So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.
Job 17:2
Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
Job 12:16
True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
Psalm 139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.