Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
what will I do when God stands up to act? When he asks the questions, how will I answer him?
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?
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've refused to help my male and female servants when they complain against me, 14 what will I do when God stands up to act? When he asks the questions, how will I answer him? 15 The one who made me in the womb made them, too, didn't he? Didn't the same one prepare each of us in the womb?"
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Job 9:32
He's not a man like me, so that I can answer him, or that we can enter into litigation with one another.
Job 10:2
I'll say to God, "Don't condemn me! Let me know why you are fighting me.
Psalm 7:6
Get up, LORD, in your anger! Rise up, because of the fury of my enemies; Arouse yourself for me; you have ordained justice.
Psalm 9:12
As an avenger of blood, he remembers them; he has not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.
Psalm 9:19
Rise up, LORD, do not let man prevail! The nations will be judged in your presence.
Psalm 10:12-15
Rise up, LORD! Raise your hand, God. Don't forget the afflicted!
Psalm 44:21
wouldn't God find out since he knows the secrets of the heart?
Psalm 76:9
when God arose to execute justice and to deliver all the afflicted of the earth. Interlude
Psalm 143:2
Do not enter into judgment with your servant, for no living person is righteous in your sight.
Isaiah 10:3
What will you do on the day of Judgment, in the calamity that will come from far away? To whom will you run for help, and where will you leave your wealth,
Hosea 9:7
The time for your judgment has now come; payday is here and Israel knows it. The prophet is a fool, and the spiritual man is insane. Because of your great sin, the hatred against you is great.
Micah 7:4
The best of them is like a thorn, and their most upright like a hedge of thorns. The day announced by your watchmen and by your own calculations approaches. Now it's your time to be confused!
Zechariah 2:13
Be silent, every living thing, in the presence of the LORD, because he is emerging from his Holy Place."
Mark 7:2
They noticed that some of his disciples were eating with unclean hands, that is, without washing them.
Romans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the Law says applies to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
James 2:13
For the one who has shown no mercy will be judged without mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.