Parallel Verses
NET Bible
then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to 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 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?
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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Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 31:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense Continued
13 "If I have disregarded the right of my male servants or my female servants when they disputed with me, 14 then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to him? 15 Did not the one who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us in the womb?
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Job 9:32
For he is not a human being like I am, that I might answer him, that we might come together in judgment.
Job 10:2
I will say to God, 'Do not condemn me; tell me why you are contending with me.'
Psalm 7:6
Stand up angrily, Lord! Rise up with raging fury against my enemies! Wake up for my sake and execute the judgment you have decreed for them!
Psalm 9:12
For the one who takes revenge against murderers took notice of the oppressed; he did not overlook their cry for help
Psalm 9:19
Rise up, Lord! Don't let men be defiant! May the nations be judged in your presence!
Psalm 10:12-15
Rise up, Lord! O God, strike him down! Do not forget the oppressed!
Psalm 44:21
would not God discover it, for he knows one's thoughts?
Psalm 76:9
when God arose to execute judgment, and to deliver all the oppressed of the earth. (Selah)
Psalm 143:2
Do not sit in judgment on your servant, for no one alive is innocent before you.
Isaiah 10:3
What will you do on judgment day, when destruction arrives from a distant place? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
Hosea 9:7
The prophet is considered a fool -- the inspired man is viewed as a madman -- because of the multitude of your sins and your intense animosity.
Micah 7:4
The best of them is like a thorn; the most godly among them are more dangerous than a row of thorn bushes. The day you try to avoid by posting watchmen -- your appointed time of punishment -- is on the way, and then you will experience confusion.
Zechariah 2:13
Be silent in the Lord's presence, all people everywhere, for he is being moved to action in his holy dwelling place.
Mark 7:2
And they saw that some of Jesus' disciples ate their bread with unclean hands, that is, unwashed.
Romans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
James 2:13
For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.