Job 31:20

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

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 have looked down on him who was perishing because he had no clothing and the poor without any covering,

21if I have lifted up my hand over an orphan, even when it might seem to me that I have the advantage over him at the gate;

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Cross References

Job 22:6For you have taken away the collateral of your brothers without cause, and stripped them naked of their clothing.

Job 29:13The blessing of him who would have been destroyed came upon me, and I consoled the heart of the widow.

Zechariah 7:9Thus says the Lord of hosts, saying: Judge with true judgment, and act with mercy and compassion, each and every one with 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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