Job 31:14 “what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called…”

Job 31:14

what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

World English Bible

what then will I do when God rises up? When he visits, what will I answer him?

American Standard Version

What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

Geneva Bible 1599

What then shall I do when God standeth vp? and when he shall visit me, what shall I answere?

Darby Translation

What then should I do when God riseth up? and if he visited, what should I answer him?

Young's Literal Translation

Then what do I do when God ariseth? And when He doth inspect, What do I answer Him?

Bible in Basic English

What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?

.mt-body { max-height: none !important; -webkit-mask-image: none !important; mask-image: none !important; } .mt-bar { display: none !important; } .o-trans::after { display: block !important; }

Cross references

“What then”

Psalm 9:12 Psalm 9:19 Psalm 10:12–15 Psalm 44:21 Zechariah 2:13 Job 9:32

Psalm 9:12 · BSB

For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.

Psalm 9:19 · BSB

Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.

Psalm 10:12–15 · BSB

Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.

Psalm 44:21 · BSB

would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?

Zechariah 2:13 · BSB

Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”

Job 9:32 · BSB

For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.

“when he”

James 2:13 Hosea 9:7 Micah 7:4 Mark 7:2

James 2:13 · BSB

For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Hosea 9:7 · BSB

The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived— let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.

Micah 7:4 · BSB

The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion.

Mark 7:2 · BSB

and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.

“what shall”

Romans 3:19

Romans 3:19 · BSB

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

15Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?

Read Job 31