Job 31:20

If his back did not give me a blessing, and the wool of my sheep did not make him warm;

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

In Context

19If I saw one near to death for need of clothing, and that the poor had nothing covering him;

21If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;

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Cross References

Job 22:6For you have taken your brother's goods when he was not in your debt, and have taken away the clothing of those who have need of it.

Job 29:13The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart.

Zechariah 7:9This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your judging be upright and done in good faith, let every man have mercy and pity for his brother:

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 →

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