New Living Translation
Job 31:15
15For God created both me and my servants. He created us both in the womb.
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 been unfair to my male or female servants when they brought their complaints to me, 14how could I face God? What could I say when he questioned me? For God created both me and my servants. He created us both in the womb. 16“Have I refused to help the poor, or crushed the hopes of widows? 17Have I been stingy with my food and refused to share it with orphans?
Read all of Job 31Job 31:15 word by word
הֲֽ֝לֹא־בַ֭בֶּטֶן עֹשֵׂ֣נִי עָשָׂ֑הוּ וַ֝יְכֻנֶ֗נּוּ בָּרֶ֥חֶם אֶחָֽד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 31:15
- Job 34:19He doesn’t care how great a person may be, and he pays no more attention to the rich than to the poor. He made them all.
- Nehemiah 5:5We belong to the same family as those who are wealthy, and our children are just like theirs. Yet we must sell our children into slavery just to get enough money to live. We have already sold some of our daughters, and we are helpless to do anything about it, for our fields and vineyards are already mortgaged to others.”
- Proverbs 14:31Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker, but helping the poor honors him.
- Proverbs 22:2The rich and poor have this in common: The Lord made them both.
- Isaiah 58:7Share your food with the hungry, and give shelter to the homeless. Give clothes to those who need them, and do not hide from relatives who need your help.
- Malachi 2:10Are we not all children of the same Father? Are we not all created by the same God? Then why do we betray each other, violating the covenant of our ancestors?
- Job 10:8“‘You formed me with your hands; you made me, yet now you completely destroy me.
- Psalms 139:14Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.
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
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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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