Job 31:15
Did not he that made me in the womb make him also: and did not one and the same form me in the womb?
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
16If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:
Cross References
Job 10:3Doth it seem good to thee that thou shouldst calumniate me, and oppress me, the work of thy own hands, and help the counsel of the wicked?
Job 34:19Who accepteth not the persons of princes : nor hath regarded the tyrant, when he contended against the poor man : for all are the work of his hands.
Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the poor, upbraideth his Maker: but he that hath pity on the poor, honoureth him.
Isaiah 58:7Deal thy bread to the hungry, and bring the needy and the harbourless into thy house: when thou shalt see one naked, cover him, and despise not thy 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 →