Job 31:15
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
Updated King James Version
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 rises up? and when he visits, what shall I answer him?
16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Cross References
Job 10:3Is it good unto you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of yours hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
Job 34:19How much less to him that accepts not the persons of princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
Proverbs 14:31He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker: but he that honors him has mercy on the poor.
Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deal your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor that are cast out to your house? when you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you hide not yourself from yours own 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 →