Job 31:13
Cross References

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

Ephesians 6:9
And you, masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatenings: knowing that the Lord both of them and you is in heaven. And there is no respect of persons with him.

Deuteronomy 24:14
Thou shalt not refuse the hire of the needy, and the poor, whether he be thy brother, or a stranger that dwelleth with thee in the land, and is within thy gates:

Deuteronomy 24:15
But thou shalt pay him the price of his labour the same day, before the going down of the sun, because he is poor, and with it maintaineth his life: lest he cry against thee to the Lord, and it be reputed to thee for a sin.

Job 31:14
For what shall I do when God shall rise to judge? and when he shall examine, what shall I answer him?

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

the cause

Exodus 21:20,21,26,27 He that striketh his bondman, or bondwoman, with a rod, and they die under his hands, shall be guilty of the crime. . . .

Leviticus 25:43,46 Afflict him not by might: but fear thy God. . . .

Deuteronomy 15:12-15 When thy brother a Hebrew man, or Hebrew woman is sold to thee, and hath served thee six years, in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free: . . .

Jeremiah 34:14-17 At the end of seven years, let ye go every man his brother being a Hebrew, who hath been sold to thee, so he shall serve thee six years: and thou shalt let him go free from thee: and your fathers did not hearken to me, nor did they incline their ear. . . .

Ephesians 6:9 And you, masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatenings: knowing that the Lord both of them and you is in heaven. And there is no respect of persons with him.

Colossians 4:1 Masters, do to your servants that which is just and equal: knowing that you also have a master in heaven.

Context
Job's Final Appeal
12It is a fire that devoureth even to destruction, and rooteth up all things that spring. 13If I have despised to abide judgment with my manservant, or my maidservant, when they had any controversy against me:14For what shall I do when God shall rise to judge? and when he shall examine, what shall I answer him?…
Lexicon
If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

I have rejected
אֶמְאַ֗ס (’em·’as)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3988: To spurn, to disappear

the cause
מִשְׁפַּ֣ט (miš·paṭ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style

of my manservant
עַ֭בְדִּי (‘aḇ·dî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant

or maidservant
וַאֲמָתִ֑י (wa·’ă·mā·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 519: A maidservant, female slave

when they made a complaint
בְּ֝רִבָ֗ם (bə·ri·ḇām)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7378: To toss, grapple, to wrangle, controversy, to defend

against me,
עִמָּדִֽי׃ (‘im·mā·ḏî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5978: Against, by, from, me, mine, of, that I take, unto,


Additional Translations
If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

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

And if too I despised the judgment of my servant or my handmaid, when they pleaded with me;

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

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

If I despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me;

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

If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,
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