Job 31:13New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “If I have despised the claim of my male or female slaves When they filed a complaint against me,
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me:
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— If I despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me;
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— If I have despised the cause of my bondman or of my bondmaid, when they contended with me,
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— If I refused the right of my servant, or my handmaid, when they contended with me,
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— If I have despised to abide judgment with my manservant, or my maidservant, when they had any controversy against me:
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— If I did contemne the iudgement of my seruant, and of my mayde, when they did contend with me,
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— If I did despise the cause of my man-seruant, or of my mayd-seruant, when they contended with me:
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when he contended with me,
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And if too I despised the judgment of my servant or [my] handmaid, when they pleaded with me;
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; |
If
x518 (0518) Complementאִם'im{eem}
A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogitive, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence as a negative, not.
I did despise
3988 {3988} Primeמָאַסma'ac{maw-as'}
A primitive root; to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
the cause
4941 {4941} Primeמִשְׁפָּטmishpat{mish-pawt'}
From H8199; properly a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (particularly) divine law, individual or collectively), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly justice, including a particular right, or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style.
of my manservant
5650 {5650} Primeעֶבֶד`ebed{eh'-bed}
From H5647; a servant.
or of my maidservant,
519 {0519} Primeאָמָה'amah{aw-maw'}
Apparently a primitive word; a maidservant or female slave.
when they contended
y7379 [7379] Standardרִיבriyb{reeb}
From H7378; a contest (personal or legal).
x7378 (7378) Complementרִיבriyb{reeb}
A primitive root; properly to toss, that is, grapple; mostly figuratively to wrangle, that is, hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend.
with
x5978 (5978) Complementעִמָּד`immad{im-mawd'}
Prolonged for H5973; along with.
me; |
Job 31:13-23
_ _ Job affirms his freedom from unfairness towards his servants, from harshness and oppression towards the needy.
_ _ despise the cause — refused to do them justice. |
Job 31:13
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they (i) contended with me;
(i) When they thought themselves evil intreated by me. |
- the cause:
Exodus 21:20-21 And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. ... Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he [is] his money.
Exodus 21:26-27 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. ... And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
Leviticus 25:43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
Leviticus 25:46 And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit [them for] a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
Deuteronomy 15:12-15 [And] if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. ... And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.
Jeremiah 34:14-17 At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear. ... Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
Ephesians 6:9 And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
Colossians 4:1 Masters, give unto [your] servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
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- when:
- In ancient times slaves had no action at law against their owners; but Job admitted them to all civil rights, and permitted them to complain even against himself.
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