Job 31:13
And if too I despised the judgment of my servant or my handmaid, 1 When they pleaded with me; 1
Updated 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, 1 And whomsoever it attacks, it utterly destroys. 1
Cross References
Exodus 21:26And if one smite the eye of his manservant, or the eye of his maidservant, 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 forever: but of your brethren the children of Israel, one shall not oppress his brother in labors.
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 →