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King James Version
Job 31:16
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"Have I refused to help the poor, or crushed the hopes of widows?
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
"I have never refused the appeals of the poor or let widows give up hope while looking for help.
If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
"If I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
"If I have withheld from the poor what they desired, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to look in vain [for relief],
"If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
If Y denyede to pore men that, that thei wolden, and if Y made the iyen of a wydewe to abide;
If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow's eyes to fail,
I have never cheated widows or others in need,
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;
"If I held back anything needed by the poor or made a widow's eye grow dim [with tears],
If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
"I have never refused to help the poor. I always gave widows what they needed.
If I have withheld aught that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
If I haue withhelde the poore from their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile:
"If I have kept what the poor should have or have caused the eyes of the woman whose husband has died to be tired,
"If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
If I restrained the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile,
If I have withheld the poor from his desire, or have defrauded the widow,
I have never refused to help the poor; never have I let widows live in despair
If I withheld - from pleasure - the poor, or, the eyes of the widow, I dimmed;
If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:
"If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
If I denied the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the wydow to wayte in vayne:
But the helpless missed not whatever need they had, and I did not cause the eye of the widow to fail.
If I have refused the wishes of the pooror let the widow’s eyes go blind,
"If I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
"If I have withheld the desire of the poor from them, or I have caused the widow's eyes to fail,
If I have withheld from the desire of the poor, or I have consumed the widow's eyes,
If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,
When the poore desyred enythinge at me, haue I denyed it them? Haue I caused ye wyddowe stonde waytinge for me in vayne?
"Have I ignored the needs of the poor, turned my back on the indigent, Taken care of my own needs and fed my own face while they languished? Wasn't my home always open to them? Weren't they always welcome at my table?
"If I have kept the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
"If I have kept the poor from their desire, Or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
"If I have kept the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
"If I have held back the poor from their desire,Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
withheld: Job 22:7-9, Deuteronomy 15:7-10, Psalms 112:9, Luke 16:21, Acts 11:29, Galatians 2:10
the eyes: Deuteronomy 28:32, Psalms 69:3, Psalms 119:82, Psalms 119:123, Isaiah 38:14, Lamentations 4:17
Reciprocal: Leviticus 23:22 - General Deuteronomy 14:29 - the stranger Deuteronomy 24:13 - deliver Deuteronomy 24:19 - may bless Deuteronomy 26:13 - Levite Ruth 2:14 - At mealtime Nehemiah 8:10 - send Job 11:20 - the eyes Job 22:9 - widows Job 24:3 - drive Job 24:4 - turn Job 24:21 - doeth not Job 30:25 - was Psalms 37:21 - righteous Psalms 41:1 - Blessed Psalms 68:5 - A father Psalms 112:5 - showeth Proverbs 11:25 - liberal soul Proverbs 22:9 - He that hath a bountiful eye Proverbs 22:22 - oppress Proverbs 31:20 - she reacheth Isaiah 32:8 - the liberal Ezekiel 18:7 - hath given Matthew 5:7 - are Matthew 5:42 - General Matthew 6:2 - when Matthew 14:16 - they Matthew 23:14 - for ye Matthew 25:17 - he also Matthew 25:35 - I was an Luke 6:38 - and it Luke 14:13 - call Acts 6:1 - their Romans 12:8 - giveth 1 Timothy 5:3 - widows James 2:15 - General
Cross-References
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;
Gill's Notes on the Bible
If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire,.... Their reasonable desires, and which it was in his power to grant; as when they desired a piece of bread, being hungry, or clothes to cover them, being naked; but not unreasonable desires, seeking and asking great things for themselves, or unlimited and unbounded ones, such as the two sons of Zebedee desired of Christ, Mark 10:35;
or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; through long waiting for, and expecting help and succour from him, and at last disappointed. Job did not use the widow in such a manner as to give her reason to hope for relief or counsel from him she came for, and make her wait long, and then send her away empty, as he was charged, Job 22:9; but he soon dispatched her, by granting her what she sued to him for.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
If I have withheld the poor from their desire - Job now turns to another class of virtues, regarded also as of great importance in the patriarchal ages, kindness to the poor and the afflicted; to the fatherless and the widow. He appeals to his former life on this subject; affirms that he had a good conscience in the recollection of his dealings with them, and impliedly declares that it could not have been for any deficiency in the exercise of these virtues that his calamities had come upon him. The meaning here is, that he had not denied to the poor their wish. If they had come and desired bread of him, he had not withheld it; see Job 22:7.
Or caused the eyes of the widow to fail - That is, I have not frustrated her hopes, or disappointed her expectations, when she has looked intently upon me, and desired my aid. The âfailing of the eyesâ refers to failing of the object of their expectation; or the expression means that she had not looked to him in vain; see Job 11:20.
