Job 31:13
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 31:13 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 31:13 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 31:13 — KJV
“If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;”
— Job 31:13 (KJV)
Job 31:13 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 31:13
“But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:”
Shares key themes with Job 31:13: manservant, maidservant
“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.”
Shares key themes with Job 31:13: manservant, maidservant
“And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.”
Shares key themes with Job 31:13: manservant, maidservant
“If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.”
Shares key themes with Job 31:13: manservant, maidservant
“The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.”
Shares key themes with Job 31:13: despise, cause
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