Job 13:11

"He will surely reprove you if you secretly show partiality."

Key Reflection

This verse highlights God's commitment to justice and fairness, indicating that He will challenge or rebuke those who practice secret favoritism. Such partiality is contrary to His nature, emphasizing the importance of transparency and equity in both human and divine interactions.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Shall not his excellency -His exaltationשׂאתśe'êthfromנשׂאnâśâ'to exalt, to lift up), or his majesty,Genesis 49:3. Make you afraid -Fill you with awe and reverence. Shall it not restrain you from fallacy, from sophisms, and from all presumptuous and unfounded reasoning? The sense here is, that a sense of the greatness and majesty of God should fill the mind with solemnity and reverence, and make us serious and sincere; should repress all declamation and mere assertion, and should lead us to adduce only those considerations which will bear the test of the final trial.

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