Job 31:13

11 For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.

12 For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.

If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,

14 what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?

15 Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,
KJV
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
WEB
“If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me,
ASV
If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;
DARBY
If I have despised the cause of my bondman or of my bondmaid, when they contended with me,
BLB
If I have rejected the justice of my manservant or my maidservant, in their dispute with me,
ÅB
Har jeg krenket retten til slaven eller slavekvinnen min når de hadde konflikter med meg?
OTB
Hvis jeg har oversett mine mannlige eller kvinnelige tjeneres bønn
Når de klaget mot meg,
B1930
Har jeg krenket min træls og min trælkvinnes rett, når de hadde nogen trette med mig?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Leviticus 25:43

    You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.

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  • Deuteronomy 24:14–15

    Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.

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  • Exodus 21:20–21

    If a man strikes his manservant or maidservant with a rod, and the servant dies by his hand, he shall surely be punished.

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  • Jeremiah 34:14–17

    Every seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free. But your fathers did not listen or incline their ear.

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  • Leviticus 25:46

    You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But as for your brothers, the Israelites, no man may rule harshly over his brother.

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  • Colossians 4:1

    Masters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you know that you also have a Master in heaven.

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  • Ephesians 6:9

    And masters, do the same for your slaves. Give up your use of threats, because you know that He who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with Him.

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  • Exodus 21:26–27

    If a man strikes and blinds the eye of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.

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