“He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.”
"He will surely rebuke you if in secret you show partiality." God will rebuke the friends for their hidden favoritism—their bias toward a comfortable theology that protects the prosperity of the successful. The verse suggests that divine judgment operates not only on obvious sins but on the subtle corruptions of truth that the friends commit through their system of interpretation.
Church Fathers on Job 13:10
He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly take His face. Presently when He ariseth He shall make you afraid; and His dread shall fall upon you. This part, wherein He declares that ‘the face of God is taken in secret,’ may be understood in two ways. For there be some, who at one and the same time perceive truth in their hearts, and yet utter outwardly concerning God things that are false. For lest they should appear to be subdued, they both know the truth within, and yet…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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