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Job 31:13
13When my servants complain against me, I have always been fair to them.
Job 31:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
- New International Version (NIV)“If I have denied justice to any of my servants, whether male or female, when they had a grievance against me,
- English Standard Version (ESV)"If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they brought a complaint against me,
- New King James Version (NKJV)“If I have despised the cause of my male or female servant When they complained against me,
Context of Job 31:13
11I would not have been faithful to my wife. I would have done a wicked thing and I would deserve punishment. 12If I loved another woman, it would be like a dangerous fire. It would destroy everything that I have worked hard to get. When my servants complain against me, I have always been fair to them. 14If I had been cruel to them, God would be right to punish me. When God judges me, I would have no answer to excuse myself. 15God made me and he made my servants too. God brought us all to birth.
Read all of Job 31Job 31:13 word by word
אִם־אֶמְאַ֗ס מִשְׁפַּ֣ט עַ֭בְדִּי וַאֲמָתִ֑י בְּ֝רִבָ֗ם עִמָּדִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 31:13
- Exodus 21:20Perhaps a master may hit his male slave or his female slave with a stick. If the slave dies because of this, you must punish the master.
- Leviticus 25:43You must be kind to all Israelites. Remember to obey your God.
- Deuteronomy 15:12You may buy another Israelite to be your servant, a man or a woman. Let that servant work for you for six years. Then in the seventh year, you must let him go free.
- Jeremiah 34:14I told them, “When any Hebrew slave has worked for you for six years, you must let them go free. In the seventh year after they sold themselves to you, you must set them free.” But your ancestors did not listen to me. They did not obey me.
- Ephesians 6:9You who are masters, be good to your slaves in the same way. Do not frighten them with punishment. Remember that both you and your slaves have the same Master in heaven. And he is always fair when he judges people, whoever they are.
- Colossians 4:1Masters, be fair to your servants. Give them what is right. Remember that you also serve a master, and he is in heaven.
Commentaries on Job 31:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13The cause of my man-servant - In ancient times slaves had no action at law against their owners; they might dispose of them as they did of their cattle, or any other property. The slave might complain; and the owner might hear him if he pleased, but he was not compelled to do so. Job states that he had admitted them to all civil rights; and, far from preventing their case from being heard, he was ready to permit them to complain even against himself, if…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13If I did despise the cause of my man-servant - Job turns to another subject, on which he claimed that his life had been upright. It was in reference to the treatment of his servants. The meaning here is, “I never refused to do strict justice to my servants when they brought their cause before me, or when they complained that my dealings with them had been severe.” When they contended with me - That is, when they brought their cause before me, and…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
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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
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