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Job 31:14

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31:14then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment;23

when he intervenes,24

how will I respond to him?

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Footnotes

  1. 23 Heb “arises.” The reads “takes vengeance,” an interpretation that is somewhat correct but unnecessary. The verb “to rise” would mean “to confront in judgment.”
  2. 24 The verb פָקַד (paqad) means “to visit,” but with God as the subject it means any divine intervention for blessing or cursing, anything God does that changes a person’s life. Here it is “visit to judge.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

what then shall I do when God rises up?

When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

what will I do when God confronts me?

What will I answer when called to account?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

what could I do when God stands up to judge?

How should I answer him when he calls me to account?

NLTNew Living Translation

how could I face God?

What could I say when he questioned me?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

then what shall I do when God rises up?

And when he enquires, how shall I answer him?

KJV 1900King James Version

What then shall I do when God riseth up?

And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?