Job 31:14

then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; ¹  when he intervenes, ²  how will I respond to him?

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

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

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

What, then, will I do when God confronts me? When God examines my books, what can I say?

What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?

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

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

then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; ¹  when he intervenes, ²  how will I respond to him?

¹ tn Heb “arises.” The LXX reads “takes vengeance,” an interpretation that is somewhat correct but unnecessary. The verb “to rise” would mean “to confront in judgment.”

² tn The verb פָקַד (paqad) means “to visit,” but with God as the subject it means any divine intervention for blessing or cursing, anything God does that changes a person’s life. Here it is “visit to judge.”