Job 31:19

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—

if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,

20 if his heart has not blessed me for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,

21 if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,

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

Compare

BSB
if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,
KJV
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
WEB
if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;
ASV
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;
DARBY
If I have seen any perishing for want of clothing, or any needy without covering;
BLB
if I have seen one perishing from lack of clothing, or there [being] no covering for the needy,
ÅB
Har jeg kunnet se en ulykkelig uten klær eller en fattig uten et plagg å ha på seg?
OTB
Hvis jeg har sett noen gå til grunne for mangel på klær,
Eller en trengende uten en kappe,
B1930
Har jeg kunnet se en ulykkelig uten klær eller en fattig uten et plagg å ha på sig?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 22:6

    For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.

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  • 1 John 3:18

    Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.

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  • Acts 9:39

    So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.

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  • Matthew 25:36

    I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’

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  • 2 Chronicles 28:15

    Then the men who were designated by name arose, took charge of the captives, and provided from the plunder clothing for the naked. They clothed them, gave them sandals and food and drink, anointed their wounds, and put all the feeble on donkeys. So they brought them to Jericho, the City of Palms, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.

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  • Isaiah 58:7

    Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

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  • Job 29:13

    The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

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  • James 2:16

    If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that?

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