Job 31:17

וְאֹכַל פִּתִּי לְבַדִּי וְלֹא ־ אָכַל יָתוֹם מִמֶּֽנָּה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

In Context

16אִם ־ אֶמְנַע מֵחֵפֶץ דַּלִּים וְעֵינֵי אַלְמָנָה אֲכַלֶּֽה ׃

18כִּי מִנְּעוּרַי גְּדֵלַנִי כְאָב וּמִבֶּטֶן אִמִּי אַנְחֶֽנָּה ׃

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 15:14הַעֲנֵיק תַּעֲנִיק לוֹ מִצֹּאנְךָ וּמִֽגָּרְנְךָ וּמִיִּקְבֶךָ אֲשֶׁר בֵּרַכְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ תִּתֶּן ־ לֽוֹ ׃

Esther 2:7וַיְהִי אֹמֵן אֶת ־ הֲדַסָּה הִיא אֶסְתֵּר בַּת ־ דֹּדוֹ כִּי אֵין לָהּ אָב וָאֵם וְהַנַּעֲרָה יְפַת ־ תֹּאַר וְטוֹבַת מַרְאֶה וּבְמוֹת אָבִיהָ וְאִמָּהּ לְקָחָהּ מָרְדֳּכַי לוֹ לְבַֽת ׃

Job 29:12כִּֽי ־ אֲמַלֵּט עָנִי מְשַׁוֵּעַ וְיָתוֹם וְֽלֹא ־ עֹזֵר לֽוֹ ׃

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 →

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