Job 31:21
If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;
Bible in Basic English
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 back did not give me a blessing, and the wool of my sheep did not make him warm;
22May my arm be pulled from my body, and be broken from its base.
Cross References
Job 22:9You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.
Job 29:12For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter.
Proverbs 23:10Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;
Ezekiel 22:7In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.
Micah 7:3Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.
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 →