Job 31:16
If I withheld—from pleasure—the poor, or, the eyes of the widow, I dimmed;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
15Did not he who, in the womb, made me, make him? And is not he who formed us in the body one?
17Or, used to eat my morsel alone, so that the fatherless did not eat thereof;
Cross References
Leviticus 25:35And, when thy brother waxeth poor, and his hand becometh feeble with thee, then shalt thou strengthen him, as a sojourner and a settler, so shall he live with thee.
Deuteronomy 28:32Thy sons and thy daughters given to another people, thine eyes looking on, and failing for them all the day, thine own hand being powerless.
Job 20:19For he hath oppressed—hath forsaken the poor, A house, hath he seized, which he cannot rebuild.
Psalms 69:3I am weary with mine outcry, Parched is my throat,—Mine eyes have become dim, through waiting for my God.
Psalms 119:82Mine eyes have failed for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
Proverbs 22:22Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, neither crush thou the oppressed in the gate;
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 →