Job 31:14
What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
American Standard Version
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 the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;
15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?
Cross References
Leviticus 25:43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.
Job 10:2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.
Psalms 9:12For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.
Psalms 10:12Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: Forget not the poor.
Psalms 76:9When God arose to judgment, To save all the meek of the earth. Selah
Isaiah 10:3And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? 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 →