the cause: Exo 21:20-21, Exo 21:26-27; Lev 25:43, Lev 25:46; Deu 15:12-15; Jer 34:14-17; Eph 6:9; Col 4:1
when: In ancient times slaves had no action at law against their owners; but Job admitted them to all civil rights, and permitted them to complain even against himself.