Parallel Verses
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?
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 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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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 31:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense Continued
13 If I despised the cause of my man servant or of my slave-girl, when they argued with me; 14 what then shall I do when God rises up? And when He calls me to account, what shall I answer Him? 15 Did not He who made me in the womb make him? And did not One shape us in the womb?
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Job 9:32
For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, that we should come together in judgment;
Job 10:2
I will say to God, Do not condemn me; make me know why You contend with me.
Psalm 7:6
Arise, O Jehovah, in Your anger; lift up Yourself because of the rage of my enemies, and awake for me to the judgment which You have commanded.
Psalm 9:12
For He remembers them, the seekers of bloodshed; He forgets not the cry of the humble.
Psalm 9:19
Arise, O Jehovah; let not man be strong. Let the nations be judged in Your sight.
Psalm 10:12-15
Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up Your hand; forget not the humble.
Psalm 44:21
shall not God search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.
Psalm 76:9
when God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
Psalm 143:2
And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, for in Your sight no one living is just.
Isaiah 10:3
And what will you do in the day of judgment and in destruction, of ruin when it comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your glory?
Hosea 9:7
The days of her judgment have come; the days of vengeance have come; Israel shall know it. The prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and the great hatred.
Micah 7:4
The best of them is like a briar; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day of your watchmen and your punishment comes; now their shame shall come.
Zechariah 2:13
Be silent, all flesh, before Jehovah; for He has risen out of His holy dwelling place.
Mark 7:2
And when they saw some of His disciples eating loaves with unclean hands, that is with unwashed hands, they found fault.
Romans 3:19
But we know that whatever things the Law says, it says to those who are under the Law; so that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may be under judgment before God,
James 2:13
For he who has shown no mercy shall have judgment without mercy, and mercy exults over judgment.