Job 31:14
What then shall I do when God standeth vp? and when he shall visit me, what shall I answere?
Geneva Bible 1599
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 did contemne the iudgement of my seruant, and of my mayde, when they did contend with me,
15He that hath made me in the wombe, hath he not made him? hath not he alone facioned vs in the wombe?
Cross References
Leviticus 25:43Thou shalt not rule ouer him cruelly, but shalt feare thy God.
Job 10:2I will say vnto God, Condemne mee not: shew me, wherefore thou contendest with mee.
Psalms 9:12For whe he maketh inquisition for blood, hee remembreth it, and forgetteth not the complaint of the poore.
Psalms 10:12Arise, O Lord God: lift vp thine hande: forget not the poore.
Psalms 76:9When thou, O God, arose to iudgement, to helpe all the meeke of the earth. Selah.
Isaiah 10:3What will ye doe nowe in the day of visitation, and of destruction, which shall come from farre? to whom will ye flee for helpe? and where will ye leaue your glorie?
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 →