Job 31:20
if his heart hasn’t blessed me, if he hasn’t been warmed with my sheep’s fleece;
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
In Context
19if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;
21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate;
Cross References
Job 22:6For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Job 29:13the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
Zechariah 7:9“Thus has the LORD of Armies spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.
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 →