Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Or, used to eat my morsel alone, so that the fatherless did not eat thereof;
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
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 withheld - from pleasure - the poor, or, the eyes of the widow, I dimmed; 17 Or, used to eat my morsel alone, so that the fatherless did not eat thereof; 18 Surely, from my youth, he grew up to me, as to a father, and, from my birth, I acted as guide to her:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:11
For the needy will not cease out of the midst of the land - for this cause, am I commanding thee, saying, Thou shalt open, thy hand unto thy brother to thy poor and to thy needy, in thy land.
Deuteronomy 15:14
thou shalt, richly load, him out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor and out of thy wine-vat, - of that wherewith Yahweh thy God hath blessed thee, shalt thou give unto him;
Nehemiah 8:10
So he said unto them - Go your way, eat the fat and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared, for holy is the day, unto our Lord, - and be not grieved, for, the joy of Yahweh, is your strength.
Job 22:7
No water - to the weary, hast thou given to drink, and, from the hungry, thou hast withheld broad:
Job 29:12-16
Because I used to deliver the oppressed who was crying out for aid, the fatherless also, and him that had no helper;
Ezekiel 18:7
And no man, hath treated with violence, But his debt-pledge, hath restored. Plunder, hath not seized, - His bread - to the famished, hath given, And the naked, hath covered with clothing;
Ezekiel 18:16
And no man, hath he treated with violence, Hath he no means withholden the pledge, And plunder, hath not seized, - His bread - to the famished, hath given And the naked, hath covered with clothing;
Luke 11:41
Notwithstanding, as to the things within, give alms, and lo! everything, is, pure unto you.
John 13:29
For, some, were thinking, since Judas held the bag, that Jesus was saying to him - Buy the things of which we have, need, for the feast; or that, unto the destitute, he should give something.
Acts 4:32
And, the throng of them that believed, had one heart and soul, and not so much as one was saying that, aught of his goods, was, his own, but they had all things common.
Romans 12:13
With the needs of the saints, having fellowship, - hospitality, pursuing.
James 1:27
Religious observance, pure and undefiled with our God and Father, is, this - to be visiting orphans and widows in their affliction, unspotted, to keep, himself, from the world.
1 John 3:17
But, whoso hath this world's goods, and beholdeth his brother having, need, and shutteth up his tender affections from him, how, is, the love of God, abiding in him?