KJV King James Version
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
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Job 31:17
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—
WEB World English Bible
or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it
ASV American Standard Version
Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it,
Surrounding context — Job 31
14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
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;
18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as [with] a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)
19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
20 If his loins have not blessed me, and [if] he were [not] warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
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Job 29:12-16Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him.Acts 4:32And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any [of them] that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.Ezekiel 18:7And hath not oppressed any, [but] hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;John 13:29For some [of them] thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy [those things] that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.Luke 11:41But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.Deuteronomy 15:11For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.Ezekiel 18:16Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, [but] hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,Deuteronomy 15:14Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: [of that] wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.1 John 3:17But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels [of compassion] from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?Romans 12:13Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.James 1:27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted from the world.Nehemiah 8:10Then 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 [this] day [is] holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.Job 22:7Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
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