Job 31:20
If his loins have not blessed me, And from the fleece of my sheep He doth not warm himself,
Young's Literal Translation
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 see [any] perishing without clothing, And there is no covering to the needy,
21If I have waved at the fatherless my hand, When I see in [him] the gate of my court,
Cross References
Job 22:6For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.
Job 29:13The blessing of the perishing cometh on me, And the heart of the widow I cause to sing.
Zechariah 7:9'Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: True judgment judge ye, And kindness and mercy do 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 →