Job 31:17
Or haue eaten my morsels alone, and the fatherles hath not eaten thereof,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
In Context
16If I restrained the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:14But shalt giue him a liberall reward of thy sheepe, and of thy corne, and of thy wine: thou shalt giue him of that wherewith the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.
Esther 2:7And he nourished Hadassah, that is Ester, his vncles daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the mayde was fayre, and beautifull to looke on: and after the death of her father, and her mother, Mordecai tooke her for his own daughter
Job 29:12For I deliuered the poore that cryed, and the fatherlesse, and him that had none to helpe him.
Ezekiel 18:16Neither hath oppressed any, nor hath withholden the pledge, neither hath spoyled by violence, but hath giuen his bread to the hungry, and hath couered the naked with a garment,
John 13:29For some of them thought because Iudas had the bag, that Iesus had sayd vnto him, Buy those things that we haue neede of against ye feast: or that he should giue some thing to the poore.
Romans 12:13Distributing vnto the necessities of the Saintes: giuing your selues to hospitalitie.
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 →