Would it turn out well if he would examine ¹  you? Or as one deceives ²  a man would you deceive him?

biblegateway Job 13:9

"Will it be well when He examines you? Or will you deceive Him as one deceives a man?

Would it go well if He examined you? Could you deceive Him as you would deceive a man?

Will it go well when he cross–examines you? Will you try to trick him as one mortal tricks another?

biblegateway Job 13:9

Would it turn out well if he examined you? Could you deceive him as you might deceive men?

Will it be well with you when he searches you out? Or can you deceive him, as one deceives a man?

bibleoremus Job 13:9

Will it be well with you when he searches you out? Or can you deceive him, as one person deceives another?

Will all go well when he examines you? Can you deceive him as you could a human being?

biblegateway Job 13:9

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

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

biblegateway Job 13:9

Would it turn out well if he would examine ¹  you? Or as one deceives ²  a man would you deceive him?

¹ tn The verb חָפַר (khafar) means “to search out, investigate, examine.” In the conditional clause the imperfect verb expresses the hypothetical case.

² tn Both the infinitive and the imperfect of תָּלַל (talal, “deceive, mock”) retain the ה (he) (GKC 148 §53.q). But for the alternate form, see F. C. Fensham, “The Stem HTL in Hebrew,” VT 9 (1959): 310-11. The infinitive is used here in an adverbial sense after the preposition.