Job 31:20

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 despised him that was perishing for want of clothing, and the poor man that had no covering:

21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, even when I saw myself superior in the gate:

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Cross References

Job 22:6For thou hast taken away the pledge of thy brethren without cause, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

Job 29:13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me, and I comforted the heart of the widow.

Zechariah 7:9Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: Judge ye true judgment, and shew ye mercy and compassion every man to 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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