Job 31:13
What does Job 31:13 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 31:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;
KJV
King James Version · 1611If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752If I have despised to abide judgment with my manservant, or my maidservant, when they had any controversy against me:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890If I have despised the cause of my bondman or of my bondmaid, when they contended with me,
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 15:12
If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
- Ephesians 6:9
And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, and forbear threatening: knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.
- Exodus 21:26
And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, and destroy it; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.
- Jeremiah 34:14
At the end of seven years ye shall let go every man his brother that is a Hebrew, that hath been sold unto thee, and hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.
- Leviticus 25:43
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.
- Leviticus 25:46
And ye shall make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession; of them shall ye take your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel ye shall not rule, one over another, with rigor.
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