Job 31:17
And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
In Context
16If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,
18(But from my youth He grew up with me as [with] a father, And from the belly of my mother I am led.)
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:14thou dost certainly encircle him out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy wine-vat; [of] that which Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee thou dost give to him,
Esther 2:7and he is supporting Hadassah — she [is] Esther — daughter of his uncle, for she hath neither father nor mother, and the young woman [is] of fair form, and of good appearance, and at the death of her father and her mother hath Mordecai taken her to him for a daughter.
Job 29:12For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper.
Ezekiel 18:16A man — he hath not oppressed, A pledge he hath not bound, And plunder he hath not taken away, His bread to the hungry he hath given, And the naked he covered with a garment,
John 13:29for certain were thinking, since Judas had the bag, that Jesus saith to him, 'Buy what we have need of for the feast;' or that he may give something to the poor;
Romans 12:13to the necessities of the saints communicating; the 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 →