The Meaning of Job 31:15 Explained

Job 31:15

KJV: Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

YLT: Did not He that made me in the womb make him? Yea, prepare us in the womb doth One.

Darby: Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not One fashion us in the womb?

ASV: Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?

Discover Job 31:15

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 31:15?

MEANING: What does Job 31:15 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 31:15 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 31:15?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Did not he that made  me in the womb  make  him? and did not one  fashion  us in the womb? 

What does Job 31:15 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 31:1-40 - The Clean Life
Job had specially guarded against impurity, for its heritage is one of calamity and disaster. He is sure that even if he were weighed by God Himself there would be no iniquity discovered in him. He even goes so far as to invoke the most awful results if he has sinned against the seventh commandment. It is well for us if we are able with similar sincerity to appeal to the verdict of God and of our own heart. Let us ask the Holy Spirit to beget in us purity and separateness from sin, that we may walk with unsullied garments.
Job also protests the even-handedness of his dealings with his servants, alleging the principle which underlies the whole Christian teaching on the point, that we all have been made by the same Creator. He insists on his benevolence to the widow and the fatherless. He is careful to show that he had not failed in doing all the good that was within his reach. Alas, how few of us can say as much! How many such occasions cross our path every day, which we heedlessly let pass!
With this appeal Job goes into the presence of God, and asks for a reply. In the strong gospel light we are too deeply convicted of sin to dare to do this, and must rely upon the merits of Christ. In these alone can we approach the uncreated light. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 31

1  Job makes a solemn protestation of his integrity in several duties

What do the individual words in Job 31:15 mean?

Did not in the womb He who made me make them and did not fashion us in the womb [the same] one
הֲ‍ֽ֝לֹא־ בַ֭בֶּטֶן עֹשֵׂ֣נִי עָשָׂ֑הוּ וַ֝יְכֻנֶ֗נּוּ בָּרֶ֥חֶם ؟ אֶחָֽד

הֲ‍ֽ֝לֹא־  Did  not 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
בַ֭בֶּטֶן  in  the  womb 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: בֶּטֶן  
Sense: belly, womb, body.
עֹשֵׂ֣נִי  He  who  made  me 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
עָשָׂ֑הוּ  make  them 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
וַ֝יְכֻנֶ֗נּוּ  and  did  not  fashion  us 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, first person common plural
Root: כּוּן 
Sense: to be firm, be stable, be established.
בָּרֶ֥חֶם  in  the  womb 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֶחֶם  
Sense: womb.
؟ אֶחָֽד  [the  same]  one 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).

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