Job 31:13

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For it [is] a fire [that] consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.	If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;	What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

If I did despise^H3988 the cause^H4941 of my manservant^H5650 or of my maidservant^H519, when they contended^H7379 with me;

Original Hebrew

אִם־אֶמְאַס מִשְׁפַּט עַבְדִּי וַאֲמָתִי בְּרִבָם עִמָּדִי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אִם	'im-	H518	HC	if
אֶמְאַ֗ס	'em.'As	H3988	HVqi1cs	I rejected
מִשְׁפַּ֣ט	mish.Pat	H4941	HNcmsc	(the) cause of
עַ֭בְדִּ/י	'Av.d/i	H5650	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	male servant/ my
וַ/אֲמָתִ֑/י	va./'a.ma.T/i	H519	HC/Ncfsc/Sp1cs	and/ female servant/ my
בְּ֝/רִבָ֗/ם	be./ri.Va/m	H7378	HR/VNc/Sp3mp	in/ complaint/ their
עִמָּדִֽ/י	'i.ma.D/i	H5978	HR/Sp1cs	with/ me

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H519 — אָמָה (ʼâmâh, aw-maw'): apparently a primitive word; a maidservant or female slave; (hand-) bondmaid(-woman), maid(-servant).
H3988 — מָאַס (mâʼaç, maw-as'): a primitive root; to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear; abhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, [idiom] utterly, vile person.
H4941 — מִשְׁפָּט (mishpâṭ, mish-pawt'): from שָׁפַט; properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style; [phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, [idiom] worthy, [phrase] wrong.
H5650 — עֶבֶד (ʻebed, eh'-bed): from עָבַד; a servant; [idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.
H7379 — רִיב (rîyb, reeb): or רִב; from רִיב; a contest (personal or legal); [phrase] adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H518 — אִם (ʼim, eem): a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.
H5978 — עִמָּד (ʻimmâd, im-mawd'): prolonged for עִם; along with; against, by, from, [phrase] me, [phrase] mine, of, [phrase] that I take, unto, upon, with(-in.)
H7378 — רִיב (rîyb, reeb): or רוּב; a primitive root; properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend; adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, [idiom] ever, [idiom] lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, [idiom] thoroughly.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

the cause — Exodus 21:20-21, Exodus 21:26-27, Leviticus 25:43, Leviticus 25:46, Deuteronomy 15:12-15, Jeremiah 34:14-17, Ephesians 6:9, Colossians 4:1

Related Topics

Thompson Chain: BUSINESS LIFE
Torrey’s: CONTEMPT, MASTERS
Nave’s: EMPLOYER, GOD, INJUSTICE, INTEGRITY, JUDGMENT, MAN, MASTER, RESPECT OF PERSONS, REVERENCE, SERVANT, TEMPTATION

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