Parallel Verses
King James Version
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
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,
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
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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 that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion 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 morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:7-10
If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
Deuteronomy 28:32
Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.
Job 5:16
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Job 20:19
Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
Job 22:7-9
Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
Psalm 69:3
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Psalm 112:9
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
Psalm 119:82
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
Psalm 119:123
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
Isaiah 38:14
Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
Lamentations 4:17
As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
Luke 16:21
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Acts 11:29
Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:
Galatians 2:10
Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.