Job 31:13
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New International Version (©1984)
"If I have denied justice to my menservants and maidservants when they had a grievance against me,

New Living Translation (©2007)
"If I have been unfair to my male or female servants when they brought their complaints to me,

English Standard Version (©2001)
“If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they brought a complaint against me,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"If I have despised the claim of my male or female slaves When they filed a complaint against me,

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"If I have abused the rights of my servants, male or female, when they have disagreed with me,

King James Bible
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

American King James Version
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

American Standard Version
If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;

Bible in Basic English
If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me;

Douay-Rheims Bible
If I have despised to abide judgment with my manservant, or my maidservant, when they had any controversy against me:

Darby Bible Translation
If I have despised the cause of my bondman or of my bondmaid, when they contended with me,

English Revised Version
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me:

Webster's Bible Translation
If I despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me;

World English Bible
"If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me;

Young's Literal Translation
If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,

Geneva Study Bible

If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they {i} contended with me;

(i) When they thought themselves evil intreated by me.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

13-23. Job affirms his freedom from unfairness towards his servants, from harshness and oppression towards the needy.

despise the cause-refused to do them justice.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

31:9-15 All the defilements of the life come from a deceived heart. Lust is a fire in the soul: those that indulge it, are said to burn. It consumes all that is good there, and lays the conscience waste. It kindles the fire of God's wrath, which, if not quenched by the blood of Christ, will consume even to eternal destruction. It consumes the body; it consumes the substance. Burning lusts bring burning judgments. Job had a numerous household, and he managed it well. He considered that he had a Master in heaven; and as we are undone if God should be severe with us, we ought to be mild and gentle towards all with whom we have to do.


Deuteronomy 24:14 "You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your countrymen or one of your aliens who is in your land in your towns.
Deuteronomy 24:15 "You shall give him his wages on his day before the sun sets, for he is poor and sets his heart on it; so that he will not cry against you to the LORD and it become sin in you. (NASB ©1995)

Bondman Cause Claim Complaint Contended Contending Denied Despise Despised Female Handmaid Justice Law Maidservant Maid-Servant Maidservants Male Manservant Man-Servant Menservants Rejected Servant Slaves Woman-Servant Wrong

If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

the cause Ex 21:20,21,26,27 Le 25:43,46 De 15:12-15 Jer 34:14-17 Eph 6:9 Col 4:1

when (In ancient times slaves had no action at law against their owners; but Job admitted them to all civil rights, and permitted them to complain even against himself.)

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