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Job 31:13

If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

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אִםimoh thatאִםconjunction — “oh that”H518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not(and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), t…אֶמְאַ֗סemasabhorמָאַסverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “abhor”, an unfinished actionH3988to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappearabhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, [idiom] utterly, vile person.מִשְׁפַּ֣טmishpatlawמִשְׁפָּטnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “law”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style[phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right,…עַ֭בְדִּיavdiservantעֶבֶדnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “servant”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5650a servant[idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.וַאֲמָתִ֑יvaamatiand bondmaidאָמָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and bondmaid”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH519a maidservant or female slave(hand-) bondmaid(-woman), maid(-servant).בְּ֝רִבָ֗םberivamin adversaryרִיבpreposition, verb, niphal, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in adversary”, the to-form of the verbH7378properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defendadversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, [idiom] ever, [idiom] lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, [idiom] thoroughly.עִמָּדִֽיimadiwithעִמָּדpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “with”H5978along withagainst, by, from, [phrase] me, [phrase] mine, of, [phrase] that I take, unto, upon, with(-in.)

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

If I did despise the cause of my man-servant, or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me —

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American Standard Version (1901)

If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;

Young’s Literal Translation

If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,

World English Bible

“If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me,

Darby Translation

If I have despised the cause of my bondman or of my bondmaid, when they contended with me,

Douay-Rheims

If I have despised to abide judgment with my manservant, or my maidservant, when they had any controversy against me:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

If I did despise the cause of my man-servant, or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me —

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And if too I despised the judgment of my servant or my handmaid, when they pleaded with me;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐφαύλισα κρίμα θεράποντός μου ἢ θεραπαίνης, κρινομένων αὐτῶν πρὸς μὲ,