Job 31:21
If I shook—against the fatherless—my hand, when I saw, in the gate, his need of my help,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
In Context
20If his loins did not bless me, or if, with the fleece of my lambs, he did not warm himself;
22Let, my shoulder, from the shoulder-blade, fall, and, my arm, from the upper bone, be broken;
Cross References
Job 22:9Widows, thou hast sent away empty, and, the arms of the fatherless, thou dost crush.
Job 29:12Because I used to deliver the oppressed who was crying out for aid, the fatherless also, and him that had no helper;
Proverbs 23:10Do not move back the ancient boundary, and, into the fields of the fatherless, do not enter;
Ezekiel 22:7Father and mother, have they despised in thee, To the sojourner, have they dealt with oppression in the midst of thee,— The fatherless and the widow, have they maltreated in thee:
Micah 7:3Of wickedness with both hands to make sure, the ruler, doth make demand—and the judge—for a recompense,—and, as for the great man, he, is putting into words the desire of his soul, So have they woven the net!
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 →