Job 31:15
Did not He that made me in the womb make him? And did not One fashion us in the womb?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
14What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when He remembereth, what shall I answer Him?
16If I have withheld aught that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Cross References
Job 10:3Is it good unto Thee that Thou shouldest oppress, that Thou shouldest despise the work of Thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
Job 34:19That respecteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of His hands.
Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the poor blasphemeth his Maker; but he that is gracious unto the needy honoureth Him.
Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him, and that thou hide not thyself from thine 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 →