Job 13:9
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 13:9 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 13:9 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 13:9 — KJV
“Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?”
— Job 13:9 (KJV)
Job 13:9 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 13:9
“As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.”
Shares key themes with Job 13:9: good, should, one
“And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. meet...: Heb. as before him”
Shares key themes with Job 13:9: good, should, one
“Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.”
Shares key themes with Job 13:9: good, should, one
“Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household. some...: Heb. we shall find punishment”
Shares key themes with Job 13:9: good, one, another
“Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.”
Shares key themes with Job 13:9: good, one, another
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