Job 31:14 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

Then what do I do when God ariseth? And when He doth inspect, What do I answer Him?

English ASV

What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

English Amplified

What then shall I do when God rises up [to judge]? When He visits [to inquire of me], what shall I answer Him? [Ps. 44:21.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

What then shall I do when God rises up [to judge]? When He visits [to inquire of me], what shall I answer Him? [Ps. 44:21.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

what could I do when God stands up to judge? How should I answer him when he calls me to account?

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

What then should I do when God riseth up? and if he visited, what should I answer him?

English EASY 2024

If I had been cruel to them, God would be right to punish me. When God judges me, I would have no honest answer to give to him.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

then what will I do when I must face God? What will I say when he asks me to explain what I did?

what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?

English GNT (Good News Translation)

If I did not, how could I then face God? What could I say when God came to judge me?

English God's Word - GW 1995

then what could I do if God rises up? If he examines me, how could I answer him?

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

what could I do when God stands up [to judge]? How should I answer Him when He calls [me] to account?

English KJV 1611

What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

English LSB

What then could I do when God arises? And when He calls me to account, with what will I respond to Him?

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

what then will I do when God rises up? And when He visits, what will I answer Him?

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

What then could I do when God arises? And when He calls me to account, what will I answer Him?

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

What then should I do when God rose up; what could I answer when he demanded an account?

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to him?

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Then what will I do when God opposes me? What answer will I give him when he asks me to explain myself?

English NIV

what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when called to account?

English NKJ 1982

What then shall I do when God rises up? When He punishes, how shall I answer Him?

English NLT

how could I face God? What could I say when he questioned me about it?

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

how could I face God? What could I say when he questioned me about it?

English Tyndale 1537

But seeing that God will sit in judgement what shall I do? And for so much as he will needs visit me, what answer shall I give him?

Job 31:14 — Compare Translations