Job 31:15
Did not God make him as well as me? did he not give us life in our mothers' bodies?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
In Context
14What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?
16If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;
Cross References
Job 10:3What profit is it to you to be cruel, to give up the work of your hands, looking kindly on the design of evil-doers?
Job 34:19Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.
Proverbs 14:31He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.
Isaiah 58:7Is it not to give your bread to those in need, and to let the poor who have no resting-place come into your house? to put a robe on the unclothed one when you see him, and not to keep your eyes shut for fear of seeing his flesh?
Matthew Henry on Job 31:10-16
9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door; 10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. 11 For this is a heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. 12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. 13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; 14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I… Read the whole commentary →