Job 31:13

In 11 translations

BSB

If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,

KJV

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

WEB

“If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me,

ASV

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

LSV

If I despise the cause of my manservant, || And of my handmaid, || In their contending with me,

YLT

If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,

DBY

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

DRC

If I have despised to abide judgment with my manservant, or my maidservant, when they had any controversy against me:

GNV

If I did contemne the iudgement of my seruant, and of my mayde, when they did contend with me,

JPS

If I did despise the cause of my man-servant, or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me —

LXXE

And if too I despised the judgment of my servant or my handmaid, when they pleaded with me;

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WLC

אִם־אֶמְאַ֗ס מִשְׁפַּ֣ט עַ֭בְדִּי וַאֲמָתִ֑י בְּ֝רִבָ֗ם עִמָּדִֽי׃

LXX-Br

Εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐφαύλισα κρίμα θεράποντός μου ἢ θεραπαίνης, κρινομένων αὐτῶν πρὸς μὲ,

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• Ephesians 6:9And masters, do the same for your slaves. Give up your use of threats, because you know that He who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with Him.
• Jeremiah 34:14–17Every seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free. But your fathers did not listen or incline their ear. Recently…
• Exodus 21:26–27If a man strikes and blinds the eye of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the eye. And if he knocks out the tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the…
• Deuteronomy 24:14–15Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns. You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them.…
• Leviticus 25:46You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But as for your brothers, the Israelites, no man may rule harshly over his brother.
• Colossians 4:1Masters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you know that you also have a Master in heaven.
• Deuteronomy 15:12–15If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must set him free. And when you release him, do not send him away empty-handed. You are to furnish him…
• Leviticus 25:43You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.
• Exodus 21:20–21If a man strikes his manservant or maidservant with a rod, and the servant dies by his hand, he shall surely be punished. However, if the servant gets up after a day or two, the owner shall not be punished, since the…

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