Job 31:13

11 For this is an 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.

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 answer him?

15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion 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

    Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

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  • Deuteronomy 24:14–15

    Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:

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  • Exodus 21:20–21

    And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.

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  • Jeremiah 34:14–17

    At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.

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  • Leviticus 25:46

    And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.

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  • Colossians 4:1

    Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

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  • Ephesians 6:9

    And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.

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  • Exodus 21:26–27

    And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.

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