Job 31:16 “If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes t…”

Job 31:16

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

World English Bible

“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

American Standard Version

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

Geneva Bible 1599

If I restrained the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile,

Darby Translation

If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

Young's Literal Translation

If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,

Bible in Basic English

If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;

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Cross references

“withheld”

Deuteronomy 15:7–10 Job 22:7–9 Psalm 112:9 Luke 16:21 Acts 11:29 Galatians 2:10

Deuteronomy 15:7–10 · BSB

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.

Job 22:7–9 · BSB

You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,

Psalm 112:9 · BSB

He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.

Luke 16:21 · BSB

and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

Acts 11:29 · BSB

So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.

Galatians 2:10 · BSB

They only asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.

“the eyes”

Isaiah 38:14 Deuteronomy 28:32 Psalm 69:3 Psalm 119:82 Psalm 119:123 Lamentations 4:17

Isaiah 38:14 · BSB

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.”

Deuteronomy 28:32 · BSB

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.

Psalm 69:3 · BSB

I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

Psalm 119:82 · BSB

My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”

Psalm 119:123 · BSB

My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.

Lamentations 4:17 · BSB

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.

Also

Job 20:19 Job 5:16

Job 20:19 · BSB

For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.

Job 5:16 · BSB

So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

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

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