Job 31:14
What then shall I do when God rises up?When he visits, what shall I answer him?
New Heart English 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
13"If I have despised the cause of my male servantor of my female servant,when they contended with me;
15Did not he who made me in the womb make him?Did not the same one fashion us in the womb?
Cross References
Leviticus 25:43You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.
Job 10:2I will tell God, 'Do not condemn me.Show me why you contend with me.
Psalms 9:12For he who avenges blood remembers them.He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted.HET
Psalms 10:12Arise, Lord!God, lift up your hand!Do not forget the helpless.
Psalms 76:9when God arose to judgment,to save all the afflicted ones of the earth.Selah.
Isaiah 10:3What will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which will come 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 →