Job 31:20
If his loins have not blessed me, || And from the fleece of my sheep || He does not warm himself,
Literal Standard 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 see [any] perishing without clothing, || And there is no covering for the needy,
21If I have waved my hand at the fatherless, || When I see [him] in the gate of my court,
Cross References
Job 22:6For you take a pledge of your brother for nothing, || And you strip off the garments of the naked.
Job 29:13The blessing of the perishing comes on me, || And I cause the heart of the widow to sing.
Zechariah 7:9“Thus spoke YHWH of Hosts, saying, || Judge [with] true judgment, || And do kindness and mercy with one another.
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 →