Job 31:15
Is not he who created me in the womb, also he who labored to make him? And did not one and the same form me in the womb?
Catholic Public Domain Version
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
14then what will I do when God rises to judge, and, when he inquires, how will I respond to him?
16If I have denied the poor what they wanted and have made the eyes of the widow wait;
Cross References
Job 10:3Does it seem good to you, if you find fault with me and oppress me, the work of your own hands, and assist the counsel of the impious?
Job 34:19He does not accept the reputation of leaders; nor does he recognize the tyrant as he contends against the poor. For all are the work of his hands.
Proverbs 14:31Whoever slanders the indigent argues against his Maker. But he who has compassion on the poor honors his Maker.
Isaiah 58:7Break your bread with the hungry, and lead the destitute and the homeless into your house. When you see someone naked, cover him, and do not despise your own 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 →