Bible in Basic English
"If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me;"
— Job 31:13, Bible in Basic English
“If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;”
Then let my wife give pleasure to another man and let others make use of her body.
For that would be a crime; it would be an act for which punishment would be measured out by the judges:
It would be a fire burning even to destruction, and taking away all my produce.
If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me;
What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?
Did not God make him as well as me? did he not give us life in our mothers' bodies?
If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;