Job 31:21
If I have lifted up my yad against the yatom, 1 when I saw my influence in the sha'ar (gate, court); 1
Orthodox Jewish 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 heart did not bless me for warming him 1 with the giz (fleece) of my sheep, 1
22Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder, 1 and mine zero'a be broken from its socket. 1
Cross References
Job 22:9Thou hast sent almanot away empty, 1 and the arms of the yetomim have been broken. 1
Job 29:12Because I delivered the oni that cried out, 1 and the yatom that had no ozer (helper) for him. 1
Proverbs 23:10Remove not the gevul olam (ancient landmark); 1 and enter not into the sadot of the yetomim (fatherless ones, orphans), 1
Ezekiel 22:7In thee have they treated with contempt av and em in the midst of thee; they have dealt by oshek (oppression) with the ger (alien, proselyte); in thee have they mistreated the yatom and the almanah.
Micah 7:3That they may do evil with both hands skillfully, 1 the sar and the shofet asketh for a bribe; 1 and hagadol uttereth the evil of his nefesh (soul); 1 so they weave it. 1
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 →