Job 31:16
If I have withheld aught that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
In Context
15Did not He that made me in the womb make him? And did not One fashion us in the womb?
17Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof —
Cross References
Leviticus 25:35And if thy brother be waxen poor, and his means fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: as a stranger and a settler shall he live with thee.
Deuteronomy 28:32Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day; and there shall be nought in the power of thy hand.
Job 20:19For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
Psalms 69:3(69-4) I am weary of my crying; my throat is dried; mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Psalms 119:82Mine eyes fail for Thy word, saying: 'When wilt Thou comfort me?'
Proverbs 22:22Rob not the weak, because he is weak, neither crush the poor in the gate;
Matthew Henry on Job 31:10-16
9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door; 10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. 11 For this is a heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. 12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. 13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; 14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I… Read the whole commentary →