13:10 He would certainly rebuke 1 you
if you secretly 2 showed partiality!
1 tn The verbal idea is intensified with the infinitive absolute. This is the same verb used in v. 3; here it would have the sense of “rebuke, convict.”
2 sn The use of the word “in secret” or “secretly” suggests that what they do is a guilty action (31:27a).