Job 31:16
But the helpless missed not whatever need they had, and I did not cause the eye of the widow to fail.
LXX2012 (US English)
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
15Were not they too formed as I also was formed in the womb? yes, we were formed in the same womb.
17And if too I ate my morsel alone, and did not impart of it to the orphan;
Cross References
Leviticus 25:35And if your brother who is with you become poor, and he fail in resources with you, you shall help him as a stranger and a sojourner, and your brother shall live with you.
Deuteronomy 28:32Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another nation, and your eyes wasting away shall look for them: your hand shall have no strength.
Job 20:19For he has broken down the houses of many mighty men: and he has plundered an habitation, though he built it not.
Psalms 69:3Let them that say to me, Aha, aha, be turned back and put to shame immediately. 1
Proverbs 22:22Do no violence to the poor, for he is needy: neither dishonor the helpless man in the gates.
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 →