Job 31:14
What then could I have done when GOD rose up? And, when he visited, what could I have answered him?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 refused the right of my servant, or my handmaid, when they contended with me,
15Did not he who, in the womb, made me, make him? And is not he who formed us in the body one?
Cross References
Leviticus 25:43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour,—so shalt thou stand in awe of thy God.
Job 10:2I say unto GOD, Do not hold me guilty, Let me know, on what account thou contendest with me!
Psalms 9:12When he was making inquisition for blood, of them, had he remembrance, he forgat not the outcry of the oppressed.
Psalms 10:12Arise! Yahweh! O GOD! raise thy hand,—Do not forget the patient!
Psalms 76:9When God rose up to judgment, To save all the oppressed of the earth. [Selah.]
Isaiah 10:3What, then, will ye do for the day of visitation, And for the devastation, which from afar, shall come? Unto whom, will ye flee for help? And where will ye leave your gory?
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 →