Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

What then could I do when God arises?
And when He calls me to account, what will I answer Him?

King James Version

What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

Holman Bible

what could I do when God stands up to judge?
How should I answer Him when He calls me to account?

International Standard Version

what will I do when God stands up to act? When he asks the questions, how will I answer him?

A Conservative Version

what then shall I do when God rises up? And when he visits, what shall I answer him?

American Standard Version

What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

Amplified


What then could I do when God arises [to judge me]?
When He calls me to account, what will I answer Him?

Bible in Basic English

What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?

Darby Translation

What then should I do when God riseth up? and if he visited, what should I answer him?

Julia Smith Translation

And what shall I do when God shall rise up? And when he shall review, what shall I turn back to him?

King James 2000

What then shall I do when God rises up? and when he comes, what shall I answer him?

Lexham Expanded Bible

then what shall I do when God rises up? And when he enquires, how shall I answer him?

Modern King James verseion

what then shall I do when God rises up? And when He calls me to account, what shall I answer Him?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But seeing that God will sit in judgment, what shall I do? And for so much as he will needs visit me, what answer shall I give him?

NET Bible

then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to him?

New Heart English Bible

What then shall I do when God rises up? When he visits, what shall I answer him?

The Emphasized Bible

What then could I have done when GOD rose up? And, when he visited, what could I have answered him?

Webster

What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

World English Bible

What then shall I do when God rises up? When he visits, what shall I answer him?

Youngs Literal Translation

Then what do I do when God ariseth? And when He doth inspect, What do I answer Him?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אל 
'el 
Usage: 114

riseth up
קוּם 
Quwm 
Usage: 629

שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Job's Final Defense Continued

13 “If I have despised the claim of my male or female slaves
When they filed a complaint against me,
14 What then could I do when God arises?
And when He calls me to account, what will I answer Him?
15 “Did not He who made me in the womb make him,
And the same one fashion us in the womb?

Cross References

Job 9:32

“For He is not a man as I am that I may answer Him,
That we may go to court together.

Job 10:2

“I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
Let me know why You contend with me.

Psalm 7:6

Arise, O Lord, in Your anger;
Lift up Yourself against the rage of my adversaries,
And arouse Yourself for me; You have appointed judgment.

Psalm 9:12

For He who requires blood remembers them;
He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

Psalm 9:19

Arise, O Lord, do not let man prevail;
Let the nations be judged before You.

Psalm 10:12-15

Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up Your hand.
Do not forget the afflicted.

Psalm 44:21

Would not God find this out?
For He knows the secrets of the heart.

Psalm 76:9

When God arose to judgment,
To save all the humble of the earth. Selah.

Psalm 143:2

And do not enter into judgment with Your servant,
For in Your sight no man living is righteous.

Isaiah 10:3

Now what will you do in the day of punishment,
And in the devastation which will come from afar?
To whom will you flee for help?
And where will you leave your wealth?

Hosea 9:7

The days of punishment have come,
The days of retribution have come;
Let Israel know this!
The prophet is a fool,
The inspired man is demented,
Because of the grossness of your iniquity,
And because your hostility is so great.

Micah 7:4

The best of them is like a briar,
The most upright like a thorn hedge.
The day when you post your watchmen,
Your punishment will come.
Then their confusion will occur.

Zechariah 2:13

Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord; for He is aroused from His holy habitation.”

Mark 7:2

and had seen that some of His disciples were eating their bread with impure hands, that is, unwashed.

Romans 3:19

Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God;

James 2:13

For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.

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