New English Translation
Job 31:14
14then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to 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?
- 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 devours even to Destruction, and it would uproot all my harvest. 13“If I have disregarded the right of my male servants or my female servants when they disputed with me, then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to him? 15Did not the one who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us in the womb? 16If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or 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 human being like I am, that I might answer him, that we might come together in judgment.
- Job 10:2I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me; tell me why you are contending with me.’
- Psalms 7:6Stand up angrily, Lord! Rise up with raging fury against my enemies! Wake up for my sake and execute the judgment you have decreed for them!
- Psalms 9:12For the one who takes revenge against murderers took notice of the oppressed; he did not overlook their cry for help
- Psalms 10:12Rise up, Lord! O God, strike him down! Do not forget the oppressed!
- Psalms 44:21would not God discover it, for he knows one’s thoughts?
- Psalms 76:9when God arose to execute judgment, and to deliver all the oppressed of the earth. (Selah)
- Psalms 143:2Do not sit in judgment on your servant, for no one alive is innocent before you.
- Isaiah 10:3What will you do on judgment day, when destruction arrives from a distant place? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
- Zechariah 2:13Be silent in the Lord’s presence, all people everywhere, for he is being moved to action in his holy dwelling place.
- Hosea 9:7The time of judgment is about to arrive! The time of retribution is imminent! Let Israel know! The prophet is considered a fool – the inspired man is viewed as a madman – because of the multitude of your sins and your intense animosity.
- Micah 7:4The best of them is like a thorn; the most godly among them are more dangerous than a row of thorn bushes. The day you try to avoid by posting watchmen – your appointed time of punishment – is on the way, and then you will experience confusion.
- Mark 7:2And they saw that some of Jesus’ disciples ate their bread with unclean hands, that is, unwashed.
- James 2:13For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.
- Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced 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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