Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Or have caused the eyes of
King James Version
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Holman Bible
or let the widow’s
International Standard Version
"If I refused to grant the desire of the poor or exhausted the eyes of the widow,
A Conservative Version
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,
Amplified
“If I have withheld from the poor what they desired,
Or have caused the eyes of the widow to look in vain [for relief],
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;
Darby Translation
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Julia Smith Translation
If I shall withhold from the desire of the poor, and cause the eyes of the widow to fail;
King James 2000
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Lexham Expanded Bible
"If I have withheld [the] desire of [the] poor from [them], or I have caused [the] widow's eyes to fail,
Modern King James verseion
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"When the poor desireth anything of me, have I denied it them? Have I caused the widow stand waiting for me in vain?
NET Bible
If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
New Heart English Bible
"If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
The Emphasized Bible
If I withheld - from pleasure - the poor, or, the eyes of the widow, I dimmed;
Webster
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,
Youngs Literal Translation
If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 31:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense Continued
15
Did not he that made me in the belly also make him? And did not the same one fashion us in the womb?
16
Or have caused the eyes of
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:7-10
If there should be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy towns in thy land which the LORD thy God gives thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother,
Deuteronomy 28:32
Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look and fail with longing for them all the day long; and there shall be no strength in thine hand.
Job 5:16
Who is the hope of the poor, and iniquity closes her mouth.
Job 20:19
Because he oppressed and forsook the poor; because he has violently taken away houses which he did not build,
Job 22:7-9
Thou didst not give water to drink to the weary, and thou hast withheld bread from the hungry.
Psalm 69:3
I am weary of my crying; my throat is dried; my eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Psalm 112:9
Pe He has dispersed; he has given to the poor; Tzaddi his righteousness endures for ever; Koph his horn shall be exalted in glory.
Psalm 119:82
Mine eyes fail for thy spoken word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
Psalm 119:123
Mine eyes fail for thy saving health and for the spoken word of thy righteousness.
Isaiah 38:14
Like a crane or a swallow, so did I complain; I mourned as a dove; I raised my eyes upward, O LORD, I am suffering violence; comfort me.
Lamentations 4:17
Ain As for us, our eyes have failed in seeking our vain help; in our watching we have watched for people that cannot save us.
Luke 16:21
and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Acts 11:29
Then the disciples, each one according to what he had, determined to send relief unto the brethren who dwelt in Judea,
Galatians 2:10
Only they asked that we should remember the poor; the same which I was also diligent to do.