Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
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,
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 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 who made me in the womb make him? And did not One shape 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 bit alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it,
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:7-10
If there is among you a poor man of one of your brothers inside any of your gates in your land which Jehovah your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother.
Deuteronomy 28:32
Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, and your eyes shall look and fail for them all the day long. And there shall be no power in your hand.
Job 5:16
And there is hope for the weak, and injustice shuts her mouth.
Job 20:19
For he pressed down and forsook the poor; he stole a house, but he had not built it.
Job 22:7-9
You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have held back bread from the hungry.
Psalm 69:3
I am weary from my crying; my throat is dried; my eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Psalm 112:9
He has scattered abroad; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn shall be lifted up with honor.
Psalm 119:82
My eyes fail for Your Word, saying, When will You comfort me?
Psalm 119:123
My eyes fail for Your salvation, and for the Word of Your righteousness.
Isaiah 38:14
Like a twittering swallow, so I chatter; I mourn as a dove; my eyes look weakly to the heights. O Jehovah, I am pressed down; be surety for me.
Lamentations 4:17
While we are, our eyes fail, for our help is vain; in our watching we have watched for a nation; it does not save.
Luke 16:21
and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. But even the dogs came and licked his sores.
Acts 11:29
And the disciples, as any were prospered, determined each of them to send for ministry to those brothers who lived in Judea,
Galatians 2:10
Only they asked that we remember the poor, which very thing I was eager to do.