Job 31:13
If I did despise the cause of my man-servant, or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me —
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 that consumeth unto destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
14What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when He remembereth, what shall I answer Him?
Cross References
Exodus 21:26And if a man smite the eye of his bondman, or the eye of his bondwoman, and destroy it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
Leviticus 25:46And ye may make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession: of them may ye take your bondmen for ever; but over your brethren the children of Israel ye shall not rule, one over another, with rigour.
Deuteronomy 24:14Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates.
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 →