Job 13:10
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
He will surely reprove you, if you do secretly accept persons.
American King James Version (AKJV)
He will surely reprove you, if you do secretly accept persons.
American Standard Version (ASV)
He will surely reprove you If ye do secretly show partiality.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
He will certainly put you right, if you have respect for persons in secret.
Webster's Revision
He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
World English Bible
He will surely reprove you if you secretly show partiality.
English Revised Version (ERV)
He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly respect persons.
Clarke's Job 13:10 Bible Commentary
He will surely reprove you - You may expect, not only his disapprobation, but his hot displeasure.
Barnes's Job 13:10 Bible Commentary
He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons - If you show partiality, you will incur his disapprobation. This seems to have much era proverbial cast, and to mean that under no possible circumstances was it right to show partiality. No matter for whom it may be done, it will be displeasing to God. Even if it be in favor of the righteous, the widow, the fatherless, or of himself, if there is not a disposition to judge according to truth and evidence, God will frown upon you. No matter who the parties might be; no matter what their rank; no matter what friendship there might be for one or the other of them, it was never to be assumed that one was right and the other wrong without evidence. The exact truth was to be sought after, and the judgement made up accordingly. Even when God was one of the parties, the same course was to be pursued. His character was capable of being successfully vindicated, and he would not be pleased to have his cause defended or decided by partiality, or by mere favor. Hence, he encourages people to bring forth their strong reasons, and to adduce all that can be said against his government and laws. See the notes at Isaiah 41:1-21.