Job 31:13
And if too I despised the judgment of my servant or my handmaid, when they pleaded with me;
Brenton Septuagint
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 burning on every side, and whomsoever it attacks, it utterly destroys.
Cross References
Exodus 21:26And if one smite the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his maid-servant, and put it out, he shall let them go free for their eye's sake.
Leviticus 25:46And ye shall distribute them to your children after you, and they shall be to you permanent possessions for ever: but of your brethren the children of Israel, one shall not oppress his brother in labours.
Deuteronomy 24:14Thou shalt not unjustly withhold the wages of the poor and needy of thy brethren, or of the strangers who are in thy cities.
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 →