Job 31:17
Or, used to eat my morsel alone, so that the fatherless did not eat thereof;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
In Context
16If I withheld—from pleasure—the poor, or, the eyes of the widow, I dimmed;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:14thou shalt, richly load, him out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor and out of thy wine-vat,—of that wherewith Yahweh thy God hath blessed thee, shalt thou give unto him;
Esther 2:7And it came to pass, that he was bringing up Hadassah, the same, was Esther, his uncle’s daughter, for she had neither father nor mother,—and, the maiden, was of beautiful form and pleasing appearance, and when her father and mother died, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.
Job 29:12Because I used to deliver the oppressed who was crying out for aid, the fatherless also, and him that had no helper;
Ezekiel 18:16And no man, hath he treated with violence, Hath by no means withholden the pledge, And plunder, hath not seized,— His bread—to the famished, hath given And the naked, hath covered with clothing;
John 13:29For, some, were thinking, since Judas held the bag, that Jesus was saying to him—Buy the things of which we have, need, for the feast; or that, unto the destitute, he should give something.
Romans 12:13With the needs of the saints, having fellowship,—hospitality, pursuing.
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 →