Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
Holman Bible
without letting the fatherless eat any of it—
International Standard Version
if I ate my meals by myself without feeding orphans,
A Conservative Version
or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it
American Standard Version
Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
Amplified
Or have eaten my morsel [of food] alone,
And did not share it with the orphan
Bible in Basic English
If I kept my food for myself, and did not give some of it to the child with no father;
Darby Translation
Or have eaten my morsel alone, so that the fatherless ate not thereof,
Julia Smith Translation
And eating my morsel alone, and the orphan ate not from it;
King James 2000
Or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it;
Lexham Expanded Bible
or I have eaten my morsel {alone}, and [the] orphan has not eaten from it
Modern King James verseion
or have eaten my bit alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Have I eaten my portion alone, that the fatherless hath had no part with me?
NET Bible
If I ate my morsel of bread myself, and did not share any of it with orphans --
New Heart English Bible
or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it
The Emphasized Bible
Or, used to eat my morsel alone, so that the fatherless did not eat thereof;
Webster
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten of it;
World English Bible
or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it
Youngs Literal Translation
And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it,
Themes
Beneficence » Instances of » Job
Love to man » Should be exhibited in » Visiting the sick, &c
Interlinear
References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 31:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense Continued
16
If I have disturbed the desire of the poor or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
17
And
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:11
For the poor shall never cease out of the land; therefore, I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor and to thy needy, in thy land.
Deuteronomy 15:14
Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock and out of thy threshing floor and out of thy winepress; of that with which the LORD thy God has blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
Nehemiah 8:10
Then he said unto them, Go, eat the fat, and drink sweet wine, and send portions unto those who have nothing prepared; for this day is holy unto our Lord, and not sad; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
Job 22:7
Thou didst not give water to drink to the weary, and thou hast withheld bread from the hungry.
Job 29:12-16
because I delivered the poor that cried and the fatherless who had no one to help him.
Ezekiel 18:7
neither oppress any, but restores to the debtor his pledge, does not commit robbery, gives his bread to the hungry, and covers the naked with a garment,
Ezekiel 18:16
neither oppresses any, nor withholds the pledge, neither commits robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry, and covers the naked with a garment,
Luke 11:41
But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
John 13:29
For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we need for the feast, or that he should give something to the poor.
Acts 4:32
And of the multitude of those that had believed was one heart and one soul; no one said that anything he possessed was his own, but they had all things common.
Romans 12:13
sharing for the needs of the saints, and given to hospitality.
James 1:27
The pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their tribulation and to keep thyself unspotted from this world.
1 John 3:17
But whosoever has this world's goods and sees his brother have need and shuts up his bowels of compassion from him, how does the charity of God abide in him?