Job 31:14

Job 31:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
• New International Version (NIV)what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when called to account?
• English Standard Version (ESV)what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?
• New King James Version (NKJV)What then shall I do when God rises up? When He punishes, how shall I answer Him?

Context of Job 31:14

12For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase. 13If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me; What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? 15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb? 16If I have withheld the poor fromtheirdesire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

Job 31:14 word by word

וּמָ֣ה אֶֽ֭עֱשֶׂה כִּֽי־יָק֣וּם אֵ֑ל וְכִֽי־יִ֝פְקֹ֗ד מָ֣ה אֲשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear

• Godאֵל'êl · GodH410

Cross-references for Job 31:14

• Job 9:32For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.
• Job 10:2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.
• Psalms 7:6Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger; Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries, And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.
• Psalms 9:12For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.
• Psalms 10:12Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: Forget not the poor.
• Psalms 44:21Will not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
• Psalms 76:9When God arose to judgment, To save all the meek of the earth. [Selah
• Psalms 143:2And enter not into judgment with thy servant; For in thy sight no man living is righteous.
• Isaiah 10:3And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
• Zechariah 2:13Be silent, all flesh, before Jehovah; for he is waked up out of his holy habitation.
• Hosea 9:7The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the man that hath the spirit is mad, for the abundance of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great.
• Micah 7:4The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is worse than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen, even thy visitation, is come; now shall be their perplexity.
• Mark 7:2and had seen that some of his disciples ate their bread with defiled, that is, unwashen, hands.
• James 2:13For judgment is without mercy to him that hath showed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgment.
• Romans 3:19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God:

Commentaries on Job 31:14

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14What then shall I do when God riseth up? - That is, when he rises up to pronounce sentence upon people, or to execute impartial justice. Job admits that if he had done injustice to a servant, he would have reason to dread the divine indignation, and that he could have no excuse. “I tremble,” said President Jefferson, speaking of slavery in the United States “when I remember that God is just!” Notes on Virginia. And when he visiteth - When he comes to…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-15Verses 9-15 All the defilements of the life come from a deceived heart. Lust is a fire in the soul: those that indulge it, are said to burn. It consumes all that is good there, and lays the conscience waste. It kindles the fire of God's wrath, which, if not quenched by the blood of Christ, will consume even to eternal destruction. It consumes the body; it consumes the substance. Burning lusts bring burning judgments. Job had a numerous household, and he…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-15Rejected … manservant or maidservant: This might refer to violating the fourth commandment (Deuteronomy 5:12–15). He who made me in the womb also make them: Job applied the idea of being made in God's image to the poor person and even to slaves (Proverbs 14:31; 22:2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-2313-23. Job affirms his freedom from unfairness towards his servants, from harshness and oppression towards the needy. despise the cause--refused to do them justice.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 31:14

• Employer
• Fear of God
• God Continued...
• Injustice
• Integrity
• Judgment
• Man
• Master
• Respect of Persons
• Servant
• Temptation

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Commentaries on Job 31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings