Job 31:21

If I lifted my hand against an orphan, 1 Trusting that my strength was far superior to his: 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

In Context

20And if the poor did not bless me, 1 And their shoulders were not warmed with the fleece of my lambs; 1

22Let then my shoulder start from the bladebone, 1 And my arm be crushed off from the elbow. 1

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Cross References

Job 22:9But thou hast sent widows away empty, 1 And hast afflicted orphans. 1

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

Proverbs 23:10Remove not the ancient landmarks; 1 And enter not upon the possession of the fatherless: 1

Ezekiel 22:7In thee they have reviled father and mother; and in thee they have behaved unjustly toward the stranger: they have oppressed the orphan and widow.

Micah 7:3they prepare their hands for mischief, the prince asks a reward, and the judge speaks flattering words; it is the desire of their soul:

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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