Job 31:14

For what shall I do when God shall rise to judge? and when he shall examine, what shall I answer him?

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

In Context

13If I have despised to abide judgment with my manservant, or my maidservant, when they had any controversy against me:

15Did not he that made me in the womb make him also: and did not one and the same form me in the womb?

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:43Afflict him not by might, but fear thy God.

Job 10:2I will say to God: Do not condemn me: tell me why thou judgest me so.

Psalms 9:12Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: declare his ways among the Gentiles:

Psalms 76:9Thou hast caused judgment to be heard from heaven: the earth trembled and was still,

Isaiah 10:3What will you do in the day of visitation, and of the calamity which cometh from afar? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?

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 →

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