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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?
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,
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 He that fashioned me in my mother's womb, made he not him also? Were we not both shapen alike in our mother's bodies? 16 "When the poor desireth anything of me, have I denied it them? Have I caused the widow stand waiting for me in vain? 17 Have I eaten my portion alone, that the fatherless hath had no part with me?
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:7-10
When one of thy brethren among you is waxed poor in any of thy cities within thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, see that thou harden not thine heart nor shut to thine hand from thy poor brother:
Deuteronomy 28:32
Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another nation, and thine eyes shall see and daze upon them all day long, but shalt have no might in thine hand.
Job 5:16
that the poor may have hope, and that the mouth of the oppressor may be stopped.
Job 20:19
And why? He hath oppressed the poor, and not helped them: houses hath he spoiled, and not builded them.
Job 22:7-9
To such as were weary, hast thou given no water to drink, and thou hast withdrawn bread from the hungry.
Psalm 69:3
I am weary of crying; my throat is dry. My sight faileth me, for waiting so long upon my God.
Psalm 112:9
He hath dispersed abroad, and given to the poor, his righteousness remaineth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honor.
Psalm 119:82
Mine eyes long sore for thy word, saying, "O when wilt thou comfort me?"
Psalm 119:123
Mine eyes are wasted away with looking for thy health, and for the word of thy righteousness.
Isaiah 38:14
Then chattered I like a swallow, and like a crane, and mourned as a dove. I lift up mine eyes to the height: 'O LORD,' say I, 'violence is done unto me, be thou surety for me.'
Lamentations 4:17
{Pe} Wherefore yet our eyes fail us, while we look for vain help: seeing we be ever waiting upon a people that can do us no good.
Luke 16:21
desiring to be refreshed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's board. Nevertheless, the dogs came, and licked his sores.
Acts 11:29
Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, purposed to send succour unto the brethren which dwelt in Jewry,
Galatians 2:10
warning only that we should remember the poor, which thing also I was diligent to do.