Job 31:13 · KJV
“If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;”
— Job 31:13
For it {is} a fire {that} consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
Job 31 — Context
For this {is} an heinous crime; yea, it {is} an iniquity {to be punished by} the judges.
12For it {is} a fire {that} consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
14What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? {did not one...: or, did he not fashion us in one womb?}
Cross References
Colossians 4:1
Masters, give unto {your} servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
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. {forbearing: or, moderating} {your...: some read, both your and their Master}
Leviticus 25:43
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
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. {hath been...: or, hath sold himself}
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. {punished: Heb. avenged}
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. {they...: Heb. ye shall serve yourselves with them}
Deuteronomy 15:12-15
{And} if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
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.