Job 31:15
13 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?
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,
17 if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?
- KJV
- Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
- WEB
- Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?
- ASV
- Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?
- DARBY
- Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not One fashion us in the womb?
- BLB
- Did not the One making me in the belly make them, and [that] One prepare us in the womb?
- ÅB
- Har ikke han som skapte meg i mors liv, skapt også dem, og har ikke en og den samme dannet oss i mors liv?
- OTB
- Har ikke Han som skapte meg i mors liv også skapt dem,
Og har ikke den samme dannet oss i mors liv? - B1930
- Har ikke han som skapte mig i mors liv, skapt også dem, og har ikke en og den samme dannet oss i mors liv?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 14:31
Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
Read in contextProverbs 22:2
The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.
Read in contextMalachi 2:10
Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?
Read in contextJob 34:19
who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.
Read in contextJob 10:8–12
Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me?
Read in contextNehemiah 5:5
We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”
Read in contextIsaiah 58:7
Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
Read in contextPsalms 139:14–16
I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.
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