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

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?

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 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?

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.

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