Job 31 · Verse 14

Job 31:14

What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
Job 31:14, King James Version

Job 31:14 in other translations

BSBwhat will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?
WEBwhat then will I do when God rises up? When he visits, what will I answer him?
ASVWhat then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
YLTThen what do I do when God ariseth? And when He doth inspect, What do I answer Him?
DARBYWhat then should I do when God riseth up? and if he visited, what should I answer him?
BBEWhat then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?
WebsterWhat then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

What does Job 31:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 31:13-23

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.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 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…

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Job 31:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּמָ֣הu.Mahand what?H4100
אֶֽ֭עֱשֶׂה'E.'e.sehwill I doH6213
כִּֽי\־ki-ifH3588
יָק֣וּםya.Kumhe will ariseH6965
אֵ֑ל'ElGodH410
וְכִֽי\־ve.khi-and ifH3588
יִ֝פְקֹ֗דyif.Kodhe will visitH6485
מָ֣הmahwhat?H4100
אֲשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ\׃'a.shi.Ve.nuwill I respond to himH7725

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 31:14

  • James 2:13

    For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

  • Psalms 44:21

    Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

  • Psalms 9:12

    When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

  • Zechariah 2:13

    Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.

  • Psalms 10:12-15

    Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

  • Romans 3:19

    Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

  • Psalms 9:19

    Arise, O Lord; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

  • Micah 7:4

    The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.

  • Hosea 9:7

    The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.

  • Isaiah 10:3

    And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?

  • Job 10:2

    I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

  • Job 9:32

    For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
What then.
9:32; 10:2; Ps 7:6; 9:12,19; 10:12-15; 44:21; 76:9; 143:2; Isa 10:3
Zec 2:13
when he.
Ho 9:7; Mic 7:4; Mr 7:2; Jas 2:13
what shall.
Ro 3:19

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Context

  • Job 31:13

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

  • Job 31:14

    What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

  • Job 31:15

    Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

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Job 31:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Qué haría yo cuando Dios se levantase? y cuando él visitara, ¿qué le respondería yo?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Que ferais-je quand ✶Dieu se lèverait? et s’il me visitait, que lui répondrais-je?
German
Elberfelder 1871
was wollte ich dann tun, wenn Gott sich erhöbe; und wenn er untersuchte, was ihm erwidern?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
quid enim faciam cum surrexerit ad judicandum Deus? et cum quæsierit, quid respondebo illi?