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Job 31:19

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

KJV

si despexi pereuntem, eo quod non habuerit indumentum, et absque operimento pauperem ;

Vulgate

εἰ δὲ καὶ ὑπερεῖδον γυμνὸν ἀπολλύμενον καὶ οὐκ ἠμφίασα αὐτόν·

LXX

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;

ASV

אִם אֶרְאֶ֣ה א֭וֹבֵד מִ/בְּלִ֣י לְב֑וּשׁ וְ/אֵ֥ין כְּ֝ס֗וּת לָ/אֶבְיֽוֹן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
אֶבְי֑וֹן
'byvn
adjective · 59×
בְלִי
bly
noun · 58×
וֹ
v
verb · 33×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
כְּ֝ס֗וּת
ksvt
noun · 9×
ם
m
verb · 183×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1John 3:18 — My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
  • Heb 13:2 — Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
  • Job 22:6 — For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
  • Job 22:6 — For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
  • Job 29:13 — The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
  • Job 34:28 — So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
  • Matt 25:36 — Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.