Job 31:15
He that hath made me in the wombe, hath he not made him? hath not he alone facioned vs in the wombe?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
In Context
14What then shall I do when God standeth vp? and when he shall visit me, what shall I answere?
16If I restrained the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile,
Cross References
Job 10:3Thinkest thou it good to oppresse me, and to cast off the labour of thine handes, and to fauour the counsel of the wicked?
Job 34:19How much lesse to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, and regardeth not the rich, more then the poore? for they be all the worke of his handes.
Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the poore, reprooueth him that made him: but hee honoureth him, that hath mercie on the poore.
Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deale thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poore that wander, vnto thine house? when thou seest the naked, that thou couer him, and hide not thy selfe from thine owne flesh?
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 →