English Standard Version
Job 31:14
14what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?
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?
- New King James Version (NKJV)What then shall I do when God rises up? When He punishes, how shall I answer Him?
- New Living Translation (NLT)how could I face God? What could I say when he questioned me?
Context of Job 31:14
12for that would be a fire that consumes as far as Abaddon, and it would burn to the root all my increase. 13"If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they brought a complaint against me, what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him? 15Did not he who made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb? 16"If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
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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 9:32For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him, that we should come to trial together.
- Job 10:2I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me.
- Psalms 7:6Arise, O Lord, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.
- Psalms 9:12For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
- Psalms 10:12Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand; forget not the afflicted.
- Psalms 44:21would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
- Psalms 76:9when God arose to establish judgment, to save all the humble of the earth. Selah
- Psalms 143:2Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.
- Isaiah 10:3What will you do on the day of punishment, in the ruin that will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth?
- Zechariah 2:13Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.
- Hosea 9:7The days of punishment have come; the days of recompense have come; Israel shall know it. The prophet is a fool; the man of the spirit is mad, because of your great iniquity and great hatred.
- Micah 7:4The best of them is like a brier, the most upright of them a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, of your punishment, has come; now their confusion is at hand.
- Mark 7:2they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.
- James 2:13For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to 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
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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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