Devine Scripture

Job 31:16

Job chapter 31 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

If I have withheld the poor fromtheirdesire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

If I have withheld the poor fromtheirdesire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

Context

v.15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?

v.16This passage

v.17Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 5:16

    So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

  • 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 came and licked his sores.

  • Psalms 69:3

    I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

  • Galatians 2:10

    only they would that we should remember the poor; which very thing I was also zealous to do.

  • Psalms 112:9

    He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy; His righteousness endureth for ever: His horn shall be exalted with honor.