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Job 31:16 KJV
Job · chapter 31 · verse 16
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;Job 31:16 · King James Version
Job 31:16 in context
14What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
17Or 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;)
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- withheldmânaʻto debar from benefit or injuryH4513 →
- desirechêphetspleasureH2656 →
- widowʼalmânâha widowH490 →
- poordalproperly, danglingH1800 →
- eyesʻayinan eyeH5869 →
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Eliphaz had particularly charged Job with unmercifulness to the poor (Job 22:6, etc.): Thou hast withholden bread from the hungry, stripped the naked of their clothing, and sent widows away empty.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-23