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Job 31:14
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.
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
12If I loved another woman, it would be like a dangerous fire. It would destroy everything that I have worked hard to get. 13When my servants complain against me, I have always been fair to them. If 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. 16I have never refused to help people who are poor. I have always helped widows to hope for good things.
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וּמָ֣ה אֶֽ֭עֱשֶׂה כִּֽי־יָק֣וּם אֵ֑ל וְכִֽי־יִ֝פְקֹ֗ד מָ֣ה אֲשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 31:14
- Job 9:32God is not a human, as I am. So I cannot answer him. We cannot argue with each other in court.
- Job 10:2This is what I will say to God: “Do not say that I am guilty. Tell me what bad things you think I have done.
- Psalms 7:6But Lord, now do something! Wake up and help me! Show how angry you are against my enemies. Punish them in the way that you know is right!
- Psalms 9:12God punishes murderers, and he takes care of people who receive pain from others. When they call to him, he does not refuse to help them.
- Psalms 10:12Rise up, Lord! Do something, God, and knock down the wicked person! Do not forget to help weak people.
- Psalms 44:21But if we had done that, you would have discovered it. You know even our most secret thoughts.
- Psalms 76:9This happened when you came to punish wicked people. You came to rescue the weak and poor people in the land. Selah.
- Psalms 143:2Do not judge me, your servant. Nobody is righteous when they stand in front of you.
- Isaiah 10:3It will be bad for you on the day when God comes to judge people. You will not escape the punishment that he will bring from far away. There will be nobody to help you. There will be no safe place to hide your valuable things.
- Zechariah 2:13Be quiet, all people, because the Lord has left his home in heaven to come among you.’
- Hosea 9:7The time for Israel's punishment has arrived! The Lord must now pay them back for their sins. The Israelites will soon know about it! You do many sins and you hate the Lord. Because of that, you say that his prophets are fools. You think that his messengers are crazy.
- Micah 7:4The best of them are dangerous like wild plants with thorns. The most honest of them are worse than thorn bushes. The bad time that your prophets told you about is coming. Soon God will punish you, and you will be confused.
- Mark 7:2They had been watching Jesus' disciples. Some of the disciples did not wash their hands before they ate a meal. That is to say, they did not wash them in the right way.
- James 2:13God will not forgive anyone who has not forgiven other people. But God is kind! He judges us, but even more than that, he forgives us!
- Romans 3:19So, we know that God's Law belongs to the Jews. God told them to obey everything that his Law teaches. As a result, nobody can say: ‘God should not punish me.’ Everybody in the world must stand in front of God and he will judge them.
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
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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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