Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Slaveholders try to defend themselves by maintaining the original inferiority of the slave. But Malachi 2:10; Acts 17:26; Ephesians 6:9 make the common origin of masters and servants the argument for brotherly love being shown by the former to the latter.
Parenthetical; the reason why Job did not despise the cause of his servants. Translate: What then (had I done so) could I have done, when God arose (to call me to account); and when He visited (came to enquire), what could I have answered Him?
Job affirms his freedom from unfairness towards his servants, from harshness and oppression towards the needy.
despise the cause—refused to do them justice.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Job 31:15:
Job 34:19
Proverbs 14:31
Malachi 2:10-16
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