Job 31:13
If I had refused to listen to my menservants or maidservants when they brought their complaints to me,
Free Bible Version
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 this sin is like a fire that leads to destruction, destroying everything I have.
14what would I do when God came to judge me? How would I reply if he investigated me?
Cross References
Exodus 21:26Anyone who hits their male or female slave in the eye and blinds them must free the slave as compensation for the eye.
Leviticus 25:46You can pass them on to your children to inherit as property after you die. You can make them slaves for life, but you must not brutally treat any of your own people, the Israelites, as a slave.
Deuteronomy 24:14Don't mistreat a paid servant who is poor and needy, whether he's an Israelite or a foreigner living in one of your towns.
Ephesians 6:9Masters, you should treat your servants the same way. Don't threaten them, remember that the Lord in heaven is both their master and yours, and he treats people the same, without favoritism.
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 →