English Standard Version

Job 31:13-25 English Standard Version (ESV)

13. “If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant,when they brought a complaint against me,

14. what then shall I do when God rises up?When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?

15. Did not he who made me in the womb make him?And did not one fashion us in the womb?

16. “If I have withheld anything that the poor desired,or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

17. or have eaten my morsel alone,and the fatherless has not eaten of it

18. (for from my youth the fatherless grew up with me as with a father,and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow),

19. if I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing,or the needy without covering,

20. if his body has not blessed me,and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,

21. if I have raised my hand against the fatherless,because I saw my help in the gate,

22. then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder,and let my arm be broken from its socket.

23. For I was in terror of calamity from God,and I could not have faced his majesty.

24. “If I have made gold my trustor called fine gold my confidence,

25. if I have rejoiced because my wealth was abundantor because my hand had found much,