Job 31:13
If I have refused justice to my man-servant or maid-servant, When they had a controversy with me,
Noyes Bible
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
12Yea, it were a fire that would consume to destruction, And root out all my increase.
14Then what shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
Cross References
Ephesians 6:9And, ye masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatening; knowing that both they and you have a Master in heaven, and that there is no respect of persons with him.
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 →