Job 31:13-15 | KingComments | STEP | In a new declaration of innocence, Job professes his righteousness in the way he dealt with his male or female slaves ( ). He was not a hard, indifferent lord. His male or female slave could talk to him if they disagreed with something. He listened to them, and if they were right, he gave them to what they were entitled. Job didn’t use his position to silence them then. Job acted as a lord who knew he had a Lord himself ( ; ; ). He realized that he would have to account to God for his dealings with his slaves. God watches how people treat their slaves. There comes a time when God stands up to do justice, to pronounce judgment, and to execute it. For that He will investigate everything we have done and ask why we have done it and why we have done it that way. In rendering account before God, Job sees no distinction in social position ( ). He sees himself in the same position before God as his slave, because they are both made by the same Creator in his mother’s womb. They were both fashioned by the same God in the womb ( ; ). God shapes their bodies and members and gives them certain abilities. Every person must realize that he has received from God what he has.

‏ Job 31:13-15

Injustice

In a new declaration of innocence, Job professes his righteousness in the way he dealt with his male or female slaves (Job 31:13). He was not a hard, indifferent lord. His male or female slave could talk to him if they disagreed with something. He listened to them, and if they were right, he gave them to what they were entitled. Job didn’t use his position to silence them then.

Job acted as a lord who knew he had a Lord himself (Job 31:14; Eph 6:9; Col 4:1). He realized that he would have to account to God for his dealings with his slaves. God watches how people treat their slaves. There comes a time when God stands up to do justice, to pronounce judgment, and to execute it. For that He will investigate everything we have done and ask why we have done it and why we have done it that way.

In rendering account before God, Job sees no distinction in social position (Job 31:15). He sees himself in the same position before God as his slave, because they are both made by the same Creator in his mother’s womb. They were both fashioned by the same God in the womb (Psa 139:15; Mal 2:10). God shapes their bodies and members and gives them certain abilities. Every person must realize that he has received from God what he has.