Job 31:14

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;

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?

¹⁶ If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow 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?

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