Job 31:17

Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof —

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

In Context

16If I have withheld aught that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

18Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have been her guide from my mother's womb.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 15:14thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy winepress; of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.

Esther 2:7And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter; for she had neither father nor mother, and the maiden was of beautiful form and fair to look on; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.

Job 29:12Because I delivered the poor that cried, the fatherless also, that had none to help him.

Ezekiel 18:16neither hath wronged any, hath not taken aught to pledge, neither hath taken by robbery, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,

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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