Job 31:21
if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
In Context
20if his loins have not blessed me, and if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
22then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.
Cross References
Job 22:9Thou have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Job 29:12Because I delivered the poor who cried, also the fatherless who had none to help him.
Proverbs 23:10Remove not the ancient landmark. And enter not into the fields of the fatherless,
Ezekiel 22:7In thee they have made light of father and mother. In the midst of thee they have dealt with the sojourner by oppression. In thee they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.
Micah 7:3Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler asks, and the judge [is ready] for a bribe. And the great man, he utters the evil desire of his soul. Thus they weave it together.
Matthew Henry on Job 31:17-24
Job's Compassion to the Poor. ( b. c. 1520.) 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; 18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) 19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; 20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; 21 If I… Read the whole commentary →