Job 31:16
If I restrained the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile,
Geneva Bible 1599
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
15He that hath made me in the wombe, hath he not made him? hath not he alone facioned vs in the wombe?
17Or haue eaten my morsels alone, and the fatherles hath not eaten thereof,
Cross References
Leviticus 25:35Moreouer, if thy brother be impouerished, and fallen in decay with thee, thou shalt relieue him, and as a stranger and soiourner, so shall he liue with thee.
Deuteronomy 28:32Thy sonnes and thy daughters shalbe giuen vnto another people, and thine eyes shall still looke for them, euen till they fall out, and there shalbe no power in thine hand.
Job 20:19For he hath vndone many: he hath forsaken the poore, and hath spoyled houses which he builded not.
Psalms 69:3I am wearie of crying: my throte is drie: mine eyes faile, whiles I waite for my God.
Psalms 119:82Mine eyes faile for thy promise, saying, when wilt thou comfort me?
Proverbs 22:22Robbe not the poore, because hee is poore, neither oppresse the afflicted in iudgement.
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 →