Job 31:14 what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when called to account?

◄ Job 31:14 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when called to account?

English Standard Version
what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer 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 Bible
What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

Holman Christian Standard 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?

American Standard Version
What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

Douay-Rheims Bible
For what shall I do when God shall rise to judge? and when he shall examine, what shall I answer him?

Darby Bible Translation
What then should I do when God riseth up? and if he visited, what should I answer him?

Young's Literal Translation
Then what do I do when God ariseth? And when He doth inspect, What do I answer Him?

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's 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.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

14, 15. Parenthetical; the reason why Job did not despise the cause of his servants. Translate: What then (had I done so) could I have done, when God arose (to call me to account); and when He visited (came to enquire), what could I have answered Him?