Job 31:14
what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
In Context
13If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,
15Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?
Cross References
Leviticus 25:43You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.
Job 10:2I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
Psalms 9:12For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
Psalms 10:12Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.
Psalms 76:9when God rose up to judge, to save all the lowly of the earth. Selah
Isaiah 10:3What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
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 →