Job 31:20
If his loynes haue not blessed me, because he was warmed with the fleece of my sheepe,
Geneva Bible 1599
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 haue seene any perish for want of clothing, or any poore without couering,
21If I haue lift vp mine hande against the fatherlesse, when I saw that I might helpe him in the gate,
Cross References
Job 22:6For thou hast taken the pledge from thy brother for nought, and spoyled the clothes of the naked.
Job 29:13The blessing of him that was ready to perish, came vpon me, and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce.
Zechariah 7:9Thus speaketh the Lord of hostes, saying, Execute true iudgement, and shewe mercy and compassion, euery 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 →