Job 31:13

And if too I despised the judgment of my servant or my handmaid, when they pleaded with me;

LXX2012 (US English)

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 whoever it attacks, it utterly destroys.

14what then shall I do if the Lord should try me? and if also he should at all visit me, can I make an answer?

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Cross References

Exodus 21:26And if one strike the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his maidservant, and put it out, he shall let them go free for their eye's sake.

Leviticus 25:46And you⌃ 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 labors.

Deuteronomy 24:14And if the man be poor, you shall not sleep with his pledge.

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 →

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