Job 31:16
If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
In Context
15Did not he who made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?
17or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it
Cross References
Leviticus 25:35And if thy brother becomes poor, and his hand fails with thee, then thou shall uphold him; he shall live with thee [as] a stranger and a sojourner.
Deuteronomy 28:32Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given to another people. And thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day, and there shall be nothing in the power of thy hand.
Job 20:19For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
Psalms 69:3I am weary with my crying. My throat is dried. My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Psalms 119:82My eyes fail for thy word, while I say, When will thou comfort me?
Proverbs 22:22Do not rob a poor man, because he is poor, nor oppress an afflicted man in the gate.
Matthew Henry on Job 31:10-16
9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door; 10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. 11 For this is a heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. 12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. 13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; 14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I… Read the whole commentary →