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Job 31:16

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

KJV

Si negavi quod volebant pauperibus, et oculos viduæ expectare feci ;

Vulgate

ἀδύνατοι δὲ χρείαν ἥν ποτ’ εἶχον οὐκ ἀπέτυχον, χήρας δὲ τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν οὐκ ἐξέτηξα·

LXX

If I have withheld the poor fromtheirdesire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

ASV

אִם אֶ֭מְנַע מֵ/חֵ֣פֶץ דַּלִּ֑ים וְ/עֵינֵ֖י אַלְמָנָ֣ה אֲכַלֶּֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אַלְמָנָ֖ה
'lmnh
noun · 56×
דַּלִּ֔ים
dlym
adjective · 47×
חֵ֖פֶץ
chpts
noun · 36×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
ם
m
verb · 203×
נִי
ny
verb · 29×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 5:3 — Honour widows that are widows indeed.
  • Deut 14:29 — And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that t
  • Deut 15:7 — If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor bro
  • Deut 24:19 — When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that
  • Isa 38:14 — Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
  • Jas 2:15 — If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
  • Job 11:20 — But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
  • Luke 6:38 — Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measu
  • Luke 14:13 — But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
  • Matt 5:7 — Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
  • Matt 5:42 — Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
  • Matt 25:35 — For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
  • Neh 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
  • Prov 11:25 — The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
  • Prov 22:9 — He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
  • Prov 22:22 — Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
  • Prov 31:20 — She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
  • Ps 37:21 — The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
  • Ps 41:1 — Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
  • Ps 68:5 — A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.