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Job 31:15 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 15. 15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
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Quick Meaning
Job 31:15 closes the thought unit with the words “Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in….” Job presses the unit's question through “Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in…”, a line that belongs to Job Denies Adultery and Grounds Servant Justice in One Creator.
Read It With
- Job 31:9–31:15
Read Job 31:15 with 31:9–31:15. Read alone, “Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in…” could lose its speaker, the question or claim it develops, and the unit's outcome. The complete movement establishes: Job invokes judgment if his heart was enticed toward a neighbor's wife, then says he could not answer God if he rejected a male or female servant's case because one Creator formed them all.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Job continues from Job 31:1–31:8: Job begins his oath of clearance with a covenant governing his gaze and asks to be weighed on honest scales, accepting loss if he has walked falsely. Job 31:9–31:15 now develops the next distinct movement: Job invokes judgment if his heart was enticed toward a neighbor's wife, then says he could not answer God if he rejected a male or female servant's case because one Creator formed them all. Within that relationship, Job 31:15 closes the thought unit through “Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in….”
Read Job 31:9–15 together
Why these verses belong together: Job 31:9–31:15 follows the pinned KJV paragraphing and holds together one sustained speech movement: “Job Denies Adultery and Grounds Servant Justice in One Creator.” The next unit begins with a new stanza, question sequence, scene, speaker response, or rhetorical turn.
Verse 9. 9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;
Verse 10. 10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
Verse 11. 11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
Verse 12. 12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
Verse 13. 13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
Verse 14. 14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
Verse 15. 15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
What Remains True
Job invokes judgment if his heart was enticed toward a neighbor's wife, then says he could not answer God if he rejected a male or female servant's case because one Creator formed them all. Enduring righteousness requires evidence, fair hearing, accountable power, and concrete protection for people whose dignity, labor, safety, or livelihood is at stake. Job 31:15 carries that bounded truth through “Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in….”
How It Can Shape Life
- Carry Job 31:9–31:15 into practice through specific evidence, fair process, accountable use of power, and material protection for affected people; do not substitute insinuation, status, or spiritual language for investigation and repair. Preserve this unit-specific boundary in the action: The oath condemns exploitation but retains ancient household structures; it does not legitimate slavery, sexual retaliation, ownership of persons, or unequal justice. The verse-specific evidence to retain is “Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in….”
Continue in Context
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Read Job 31:9–31:15 — Job Denies Adultery and Grounds Servant Justice in One CreatorSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Job 31:9–31:15, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Job
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Job.xml, OSIS 31:9–31:15
Open the fixed Hebrew Job file ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: Job
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006; current official PDF
Supports: Verse-level controls for Job's difficult Hebrew, syntax, older KJV language, textual issues, speech boundaries, and alternatives in Job 31:9–31:15.
Exact location: Official NET Job PDF, exact translator, study, and textual notes attached to Job 31:9–31:15
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