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Job 31:13
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11 For that would be wickedness;
Yes, ait would be iniquity deserving of judgment. 
12 For that would be a fire that consumes to destruction,
And would root out all my increase.
13 “If I have adespised the cause of my male or female servant
When they complained against me, 
14 What then shall I do when aGod rises up?
When He punishes, how shall I answer Him? 
15 aDid not He who made me in the womb make them?
Did not the same One fashion us in the womb? 
16 “If I have kept the poor from their desire,
Or caused the eyes of the widow to afail, 
17 Or eaten my morsel by myself,
So that the fatherless could not eat of it
18 (But from my youth I reared him as a father,
And from my mother’s womb I guided1 the widow); 
Verse Comparison: Job 31:13

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

Amplified® Bible
If I have despised {and} rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant when they contended {or} brought a complaint against me,

Contemporary English Version
When my servants complained against me, I was fair to them.

Darby English Version
If I have despised the cause of my bondman or of my bondmaid, when they contended with me,

Good News Bible
When any of my servants complained against me, I would listen and treat them fairly.

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

New American Standard Bible
"If I have despised the claim of my male or female slaves When they filed a complaint against me,

New International Version
"If I have denied justice to my menservants and maidservants
when they had a grievance against me,

New King James Version
“If I have despised the cause of my male or female servant
When they complained against me,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"If I have despised the claim of my male or female slaves When they filed a complaint against me,

Revised Standard Version
"If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they brought a complaint against me;

Young's Literal Translation
If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,


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