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Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him?
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God's Unflattering Scrutiny
Job challenges his friends, asking if they could withstand God's investigation. Commentators explain this is a rhetorical question implying that if God were to 'search them out,' their own flawed arguments and self-righteousness would be exposed. It serves as a warning against judging others, as we ourselves would not stand under God's perfect scrutiny.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Is it good that he should search you out? - Would it be well for you if he should go into an investigation of your character, and of the arg…
19th Century
Anglican
As one man mocketh another. —As one man, with mingled flattery and deception, seeks to impose upon another.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Is it good that he should search you out ? &c.] That is, God; searching is ascribed to him after the manner of men; …
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13th Century
Catholic
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