Job 31:16
If I have refused the poor their desire, And caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Noyes Bible
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
15Did not He that made me in the womb make him? Did not one fashion us in the womb?
17If I have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not partaken of it;
Cross References
Job 20:19Because he hath oppressed and abandoned the poor, And seized upon the house which he did not build;
Psalms 69:3I am weary with crying; my throat is parched; Mine eyes are wasted, while I wait for my God.
Psalms 119:82Mine eyes fail with looking for thy promise; When. say I, wilt thou comfort me?
Proverbs 22:22Rob not the poor man, because he is poor, Nor crush thou the destitute at the gate;
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 →