Job 31:14

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

¹³ If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,

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?

¹⁶ If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,

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

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BSB: what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?
KJV: What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
WEB: what then will I do when God rises up? When he visits, what will I answer him?
ASV: What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
DARBY: What then should I do when God riseth up? and if he visited, what should I answer him?
BLB: then what shall I do when God arises? And when He inspects, how shall I answer him?

ÅB: Hva skulle jeg da gjøre om Gud sto opp, og hva skulle jeg svare ham om han gransket saken?
OTB: Hva kunne jeg da gjøre når Gud reiser seg?
Og når Han kaller meg til regnskap, hvordan skal jeg svare Ham?
B1930: Hvad skulde jeg da gjøre om Gud stod op, og hvad skulde jeg svare ham om han gransket saken?

James 2:13
For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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Psalms 44:21
would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
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Psalms 9:12
For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
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Zechariah 2:13
Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”
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Psalms 10:12–15
Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.
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Romans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
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Psalms 9:19
Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.
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Micah 7:4
The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion.
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