Job 31:16

¹⁴ what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?

¹⁵ Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?

If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,

¹⁷ if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—

¹⁸ though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
KJV: If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
WEB: “If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
ASV: If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
DARBY: If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
BLB: If I have withheld the poor from pleasure and made to fail the eyes of the widow,

ÅB: Har jeg nektet fattigfolk det de ønsket, og latt enkens øyne tæres bort?
OTB: Hvis jeg har nektet de fattige deres ønsker,
Eller fått enken til å miste håpet,
B1930: Har jeg nektet fattigfolk det de ønsket, og latt enkens øine tæres bort?

Deuteronomy 15:7–10
If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.
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Isaiah 38:14
I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
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Lamentations 4:17
All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.
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Deuteronomy 28:32
Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.
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Galatians 2:10
They only asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.
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Psalms 112:9
He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
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Luke 16:21
and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
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Acts 11:29
So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.
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