Job 31:17
15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
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;
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—
- KJV
- Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
- WEB
- or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it
- ASV
- Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof
- DARBY
- Or have eaten my morsel alone, so that the fatherless ate not thereof,
- BLB
- and have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless could not eat from it—
- ÅB
- Har jeg ett mitt brød alene, så den farløse ikke fikk spise av det?
- OTB
- Eller har spist min bit alene,
Og ikke delt den med den foreldreløse - B1930
- Har jeg ett mitt brød alene, så den farløse ikke fikk ete av det?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 18:16
Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
Read in contextNehemiah 8:10
Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
Read in contextActs 4:32
And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
Read in contextLuke 11:41
But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
Read in contextJames 1:27
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Read in context1 John 3:17
But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
Read in contextRomans 12:13
Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 15:14
Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
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