Job 31:21
If I have shaken my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate,—
Noyes Bible
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
20If his loins have not blessed me, And he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
22Then may my shoulder fill from its blade, And my fore-arm be broken from its bone!
Cross References
Job 22:9Thou hast sent widows away empty, And broken the arms of the fatherless.
Job 29:12For I delivered the poor, when they cried; And the fatherless, who had none to help him.
Proverbs 23:10Remove not the ancient landmark, And enter not into the fields of the fatherless!
Ezekiel 22:7In thee they set light by father and mother; in thee are they guilty of oppression to the stranger; in thee do they oppress the fatherless and the widow.
Micah 7:3Their hands are diligent for evil; The prince asketh a bribe, And the judge decideth for money! The great man giveth judgment according to his desire; They conspire to pervert justice.
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 →