He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
Parallel translations
- WEB He will surely reprove you, if you secretly show partiality.
- BSB Surely He would rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality.
- NKJV He will surely rebuke you If you secretly show partiality.
- NASB “He will certainly punish you If you secretly show partiality.
- NLT No, you will be in trouble with him if you secretly slant your testimony in his favor.
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Quick answer
Job declares God will rebuke any who secretly show partiality. Hidden favoritism does not escape God's reproof.
Overview
Job states plainly that God 'will surely reprove' those who secretly show partiality. Even concealed bias against the truth invites divine correction. This warns that defending God dishonestly, far from pleasing Him, brings His rebuke upon the offenders.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Jas 2:9But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
- Ps 50:21–22These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
- Ps 82:2How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
- Job 42:7–8And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
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