Job 31:15

Job 31:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
• New International Version (NIV)Did not he who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Did not he who made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Did not He who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same One fashion us in the womb?

Context of Job 31:15

13“If I have despised the claim of my male or female slaves When they filed a complaint against me, 14What then could I do when God arises? And when He calls me to account, what will I answer Him? Did not He who made me in the womb make him, And the same one fashion us in the womb? 16“If I have kept the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, 17Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the orphan has not shared it

Job 31:15 word by word

הֲֽ֝לֹא־בַ֭בֶּטֶן עֹשֵׂ֣נִי עָשָׂ֑הוּ וַ֝יְכֻנֶ֗נּוּ בָּרֶ֥חֶם אֶחָֽד׃Read the interlinear

• He who madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• me in the wombבֶּ֫טֶןbeţen · belly: abdomenH990
• And the sameאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• fashionכּוּןkûn · to establish: makeH3559

Cross-references for Job 31:15

• Job 34:19Who shows no partiality to princes Nor regards the rich above the poor, For they all are the work of His hands?
• Nehemiah 5:5Now our flesh is like the flesh of our brothers, our children like their children. Yet behold, we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters are forced into bondage already, and we are helpless because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”
• Proverbs 14:31He who oppresses the poor taunts his Maker, But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him.
• Proverbs 22:2The rich and the poor have a common bond, The Lord is the maker of them all.
• Isaiah 58:7Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry And bring the homeless poor into the house; When you see the naked, to cover him; And not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
• Malachi 2:10“Do we not all have one father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously each against his brother so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?
• Job 10:8‘Your hands fashioned and made me altogether, And would You destroy me?
• Psalms 139:14I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.

Commentaries on Job 31:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Did not he that made me - make him? - I know that God is the Judge of all; that all shall appear before him in that state where the king and his subject, the master and his slave, shall be on an equal footing, all civil distinctions being abolished for ever. If, then I had treated my slaves with injustice, how could I stand before the judgment-seat of God? I have treated others as I wish to be treated.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? - Had we not one and the same Creator, and have we not consequently the same nature? We may observe in regard to this sentiment, (1.) That it indicates a very advanced state of view in regard to man. The attempt has been always made by those who wish to tyrannize over others, or who aim to make slaves of others, to show that they are of a different race, and that in the design for which they were made, they…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 31:15

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

In the dictionaries

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• Job, Book of
• Psalms, Book of

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