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Job 31:13

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

KJV

Si contempsi subire judicium cum servo meo et ancilla mea, cum disceptarent adversum me :

Vulgate

εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐφαύλισα κρίμα θεράποντός μου ἢ θεραπαίνης, κρινομένων αὐτῶν πρὸς μέ·

LXX

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

ASV

אִם אֶמְאַ֗ס מִשְׁפַּ֣ט עַ֭בְדִּ/י וַ/אֲמָתִ֑/י בְּ֝/רִבָ֗/ם עִמָּדִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
ה
h
verb · 70×
י
y
noun · 422×
י
y
pronoun · 44×
ךָ
k
noun · 56×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
מָאָ֔סוּ
m'sv
verb · 76×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 4:6 — That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
  • 2Kgs 5:14 — Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
  • Deut 24:14 — Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
  • Eph 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.
  • Exod 18:21 — Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of
  • Job 36:5 — Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
  • Prov 14:21 — He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
  • Prov 14:31 — He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
  • Prov 29:7 — The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
  • Rom 12:16 — Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.