Job 31:21
If I raised my hand to hit an orphan, confident that if it came to court the judges would be on my side,
Free Bible 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
20they always thanked me for the wool clothing that kept them warm.
22then let my shoulder be pulled from its joint, my arm wrenched out of its socket.
Cross References
Job 22:9You have sent widows away empty-handed; you have crushed the outstretched arms of orphans, begging for help.
Job 29:12because I gave to the poor who called out to me and the orphans who had no one to help them.
Proverbs 23:10Don't move ancient boundary markers, and don't encroach on fields belonging to orphans,
Ezekiel 22:7You despise your parents. You exploit the foreigners who live with you, and you mistreat orphans and widows.
Micah 7:3They are experts at evil; both officials and judges ask for bribes; the powerful demand their evil desires; and they scheme together to get what they want.
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 →