31:12 31:12

Job 31:13

31:14 31:14

Bible Versions

If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
If I did despise {H3988} the cause {H4941} of my manservant {H5650} or of my maidservant {H519}, when they contended {H7379} with me;
"If I ever rejected my slave or slave-girl's cause, when they brought legal action against me;
If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,
If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;

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Note: Commentary is generated by AI with a directive for Biblical fidelity. Always rely on the Holy Spirit for discernment. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.
  • Exodus 21:20

    And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
  • Exodus 21:21

    Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he [is] his money.
  • Jeremiah 34:14

    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.
  • Jeremiah 34:17

    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.
  • Deuteronomy 15:12

    ¶ [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.
  • Deuteronomy 15:15

    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.
  • Exodus 21:26

    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.

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