King James Version
Job 31:15 in the King James Version says “Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? did not one: or, did he not fashio...” — study this verse from Job chapter 31 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? did not one: or, did he not fashion us in one womb?”
Job 31:15 · KJV
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? did not one: or, did he not fashion us in one womb?
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“me in the womb”
H990the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
“Did not he that made”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
“Did not he that made”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
“fashion”
H3559properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
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