Job 13:10He will surely reprove you if you secretly show partiality.
The setting
Ancient Edom/Arabia, ~2000 BC. Job delivers his final warning to three friends who've been defending God with lies for their own reputation...
The emotion here: prophetic urgency, knowing his friends are about to face God's correction
The original word
yakach (יכח) — to reprove, correct, convict, bring to light hidden wrongs
Why it matters
The Hebrew legal system required witnesses to be completely truthful or face the same punishment as the accused
Read with care
What most readers miss in Job 13:10
Job predicts the exact scenario that happens in chapter 42 — God rebukes the friends
Common misconceptionPeople think Job is threatening his friends, but he's actually trying to save them from God's coming rebuke for their theological dishonesty.
The thread continues
Verses that echo Job 13:10
Bible Genome reading
Job 13:10 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Job 13:10 comes from the book of Job, written during the Patriarchal period. These words are attributed to Job. The dominant emotion in this verse is angry, with a comfort power of 30% and a tone that is commanding. It belongs to the dialogue genre of biblical literature. Key themes include divine justice, hypocrisy. Notable phrases: surely reprove; show partiality. This verse contains prophecy.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same angry
“Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'”
— Joel 3:10
“You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!”
— Matthew 23:24
“Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husba…”
— Amos 4:1
“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can't stand your solemn assemblies.”
— Amos 5:21
“Your eyes shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”
— Deuteronomy 19:21
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