Job 31:13
If I have despised the cause of my bondman or of my bondmaid, when they contended with me,
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
In Context
12For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
14What then should I do when God riseth up? and if he visited, what should I answer him?
Cross References
Exodus 21:26And if a man strike the eye of his bondman or the eye of his handmaid, and it be marred, he shall let him go for his eye.
Leviticus 25:46And ye shall leave them as an inheritance to your children after you, to inherit them as a possession: these may ye make your bondmen for ever; but as for your brethren, the children of Israel, ye shall not rule over one another with rigour.
Deuteronomy 24:14Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant [who is] poor and needy of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners who are in thy land within thy gates:
Ephesians 6:9And, masters, do the same things towards them, giving up threatening, knowing that both their and your Master is in heaven, and there is no acceptance of persons with him.
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 →