Job 31:14

14 what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when called to account?

Job 31:14 in Other Translations

KJV
14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
ESV
14 what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?
NLT
14 how could I face God? What could I say when he questioned me?
MSG
14 What, then, will I do when God confronts me? When God examines my books, what can I say?
CSB
14 what could I do when God stands up [to judge]? How should I answer Him when He calls [me] to account?

Job 31:14 In-Context

12 It is a fire that burns to Destruction ; it would have uprooted my harvest.
13 “If I have denied justice to any of my servants, whether male or female, when they had a grievance against me,
14 what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when called to account?
15 Did not he who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?
16 “If I have denied the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow grow weary,

Cross References 2

  • 1. Job 33:5
  • 2. ver 4,37; Psalms 10:13,15; Psalms 94:7; Isaiah 10:3; Jeremiah 5:31; Hosea 9:7; Micah 7:4; Colossians 4:1
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