Job 31:20
If his loins did not bless me, or if, with the fleece of my lambs, he did not warm himself;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 saw one perishing for lack of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;
21If I shook—against the fatherless—my hand, when I saw, in the gate, his need of my help,
Cross References
Job 22:6Surely then hast been wont to put thy brother in pledge, for nothing, and, the garments of the ill-clad, hast thou stripped off:
Job 29:13The blessing of him that was ready to perish, upon me was wont to descend, and, the heart of the widow, caused I to sing for joy;
Zechariah 7:9Thus, spake Yahweh of hosts, saying,—With true justice, give ye judgment, and, lovingkindness and compassions, observe ye, one with another;
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 →