Bible Strands
Job 31:15
Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job addresses God directly while swearing an oath of personal integrity, defending his conduct toward the vulnerable immediately before asking how he will answer divine judgment. The words — The Hebrew term בֶּטֶן (be.ten) literally means "belly" or "womb," and אֶחָד ('e.Chad) means "one," structuring the verse around the shared physical origin of master and servant. The thread — The shared divine origin appears in Proverbs 22:2, which states the LORD is Maker of both rich and poor, and in Job 34:19, which notes God shows no partiality between them. Why it lands — The text asserts that identical creation removes any basis for social privilege, requiring the reader to treat all people with equal moral weight before God.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
Cross-references
- Proverbs 14:31 Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
- Job 34:19 who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.
- Proverbs 22:2 The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.
- Malachi 2:10 Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?
- Job 10:8 Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me?
- Nehemiah 5:5 We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”
- Job 10:3 Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?
- Psalms 139:14 I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.
- Isaiah 58:7 Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?