Job 31:16
If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,
Young's Literal Translation
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 that made me in the womb make him? Yea, prepare us in the womb doth One.
17And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it,
Cross References
Leviticus 25:35'And when thy brother is become poor, and his hand hath failed with thee, then thou hast kept hold on him, sojourner and settler, and he hath lived with thee;
Deuteronomy 28:32'Thy sons and thy daughters [are] given to another people, and thine eyes are looking and consuming for them all the day, and thy hand is not to God!
Job 20:19For he oppressed — he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it.
Psalms 69:3I have been wearied with my calling, Burnt hath been my throat, Consumed have been mine eyes, waiting for my God.
Psalms 119:82Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, 'When doth it comfort me?'
Proverbs 22:22Rob not the poor because he [is] poor, And bruise not the afflicted 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 →