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Job 31:17

What does Job 31:17 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 31:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

If I kept my food for myself, and did not give some of it to the child with no father;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

If I have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Or have eaten my morsel alone, so that the fatherless ate not thereof,

Context

v.16If I have withheld the poor fromtheirdesire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

v.17This passage

v.18(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother’s womb);

Cross references

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

  • Ezekiel 18:16

    neither hath wronged any, hath not taken aught to pledge, neither hath taken by robbery, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

  • Nehemiah 8:10

    Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye grieved; for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.

  • Job 29:12

    Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.

  • James 1:27

    Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

  • Acts 4:32

    And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and soul: and not oneof themsaid that aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

  • Job 22:7

    Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

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