Job 31:17

And if too I ate my morsel alone, 1 And did not impart of it to the orphan 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16But the helpless missed not whatever need they had, 1 And I did not cause the eye of the widow to fail. 1

18(For I nourished them as a father from my youth, 1 And guided them from my mother’s womb). 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 15:14Thou shalt give him provision for the way from thy flock, and from thy corn, and from thy wine; as the Lord thy God has blessed thee, thou shalt give to him.

Job 29:12For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, 1 And helped the fatherless who had no helper. 1

Ezekiel 18:16and has not oppressed a man, and has not retained the pledge, nor committed robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has clothed the naked,

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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