Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
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,
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,
Themes
Beneficence » Instances of » Job
Love to man » Should be exhibited in » Visiting the sick, &c
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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 womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb? 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, 17 Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:7-10
If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy 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: and there shall be nought in the power of thy hand.
Job 5:16
So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Job 20:19
For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
Job 22:7-9
Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
Psalm 69:3
I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Psalm 112:9
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy; His righteousness endureth for ever: His horn shall be exalted with honor.
Psalm 119:82
Mine eyes fail for thy word, While I say, When wilt thou comfort me?
Psalm 119:123
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, And for thy righteous word.
Isaiah 38:14
Like a swallow or a crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.
Lamentations 4:17
Our eyes do yet fail in looking for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
Luke 16:21
and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table; yea, even the dogs come and licked his sores.
Acts 11:29
And the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren that dwelt in Judea:
Galatians 2:10
only they would that we should remember the poor; which very thing I was also zealous to do.