Job 31 · Verse 15

Job 31:15

Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
Job 31:15, King James Version

Job 31:15 in other translations

BSBDid not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?
WEBDidn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?
ASVDid not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?
YLTDid not He that made me in the womb make him? Yea, prepare us in the womb doth One.
DARBYDid not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not One fashion us in the womb?
BBEDid not God make him as well as me? did he not give us life in our mothers' bodies?
WebsterDid not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

What does Job 31:15 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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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 Did not he that made me - make him? - I know that God is the Judge of all; that all shall appear before him in that state where the king and his subject, the master and his slave, shall be on an equal footing, all civil distinctions being abolished for ever. If, then I had treated my slaves with injustice, how could I stand before the judgment-seat of God? I have treated others as I wish to be treated.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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 31:15 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.

הֲֽ֝לֹא\־haLo'-¿ notH3808
בַ֭בֶּטֶןVa.be.tenin the bellyH990
עֹשֵׂ֣נִי'o.Se.ni[the one who] made meH6213
עָשָׂ֑הוּ'a.Sa.hudid he make himH6213
וַ֝יְכֻנֶ֗נּוּvay.khu.Ne.nuand did prepare us? heH3559
בָּרֶ֥חֶםba.Re.chemin the wombH7358
אֶחָֽד\׃'e.ChadoneH259

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

Cross references for Job 31:15

  • Proverbs 14:31

    He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

  • Proverbs 22:2

    The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.

  • Malachi 2:10

    Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

  • Job 34:19

    How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

  • Job 10:8-12

    Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. …

  • Nehemiah 5:5

    Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.

  • Isaiah 58:7

    Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

  • Psalms 139:14-16

    I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

  • Job 10:3

    Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Did not he.
34:19; Ne 5:5; Pr 14:31; 22:2; Isa 58:7; Mal 2:10
did not one fashion us in the womb? or, did he not fashionus in one womb?
10:8-12; Ps 139:14-16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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?

  • Job 31:16

    If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

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Job 31:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
El que en el vientre me hizo á mí, ¿no lo hizo á él? ¿y no nos dispuso uno mismo en la matriz?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Celui qui m’a fait dans le sein de ma mère, ne les a-t-il pas faits eux aussi, et un seul et même Dieu ne nous a-t-il pas formés dans la matrice?…
German
Elberfelder 1871
Hat nicht er, der mich im Mutterleibe bereitete, auch ihn bereitet, und hat nicht einer im Schoße uns gebildet?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Numquid non in utero fecit me, qui et illum operatus est, et formavit me in vulva unus?