Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
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
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?
Themes
Business life » Employers » Consideration for employees
Duty » Masters' » Consideration for employees
Employers » Duties of » Consideration for employees
Injustice » Specially to be avoided towards » Servants
Master » Good master, instances of » Job
Master's duty » Consideration for employees
Respect of persons » God does not have
Social duties » Masters' duties » Consideration for employees
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 31:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense Continued
13
"If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they brought a complaint against me,
14
And when He calls me to account, what will I answer Him?
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Job 9:32
For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him, that we should come to trial together.
Job 10:2
I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me.
Psalm 7:6
Arise, O LORD, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.
Psalm 9:12
For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
Psalm 9:19
Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before you!
Psalm 10:12-15
Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up your hand; forget not the afflicted.
Psalm 44:21
would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
Psalm 76:9
when God arose to establish judgment, to save all the humble of the earth. Selah
Psalm 143:2
Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.
Isaiah 10:3
What will you do on the day of punishment, in the ruin that 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 recompense have come; Israel shall know it. The prophet is a fool; the man of the spirit is mad, because of your great iniquity and great hatred.
Micah 7:4
The best of them is like a brier, the most upright of them a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, of your punishment, has come; now their confusion is at hand.
Zechariah 2:13
Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.
Mark 7:2
they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, 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 stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
James 2:13
For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.