Job 31:16

In 11 translations

BSB

If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

If I withhold the poor from pleasure, || And consume the eyes of the widow,

YLT

If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,

DBY

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

DRC

If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:

GNV

If I restrained the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile,

JPS

If I have withheld aught that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

LXXE

But the helpless missed not whatever need they had, and I did not cause the eye of the widow to fail.

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WLC

אִם־אֶ֭מְנַע מֵחֵ֣פֶץ דַּלִּ֑ים וְעֵינֵ֖י אַלְמָנָ֣ה אֲכַלֶּֽה׃

LXX-Br

Ἀδύνατοι δὲ χρείαν ἥν ποτε εἶχον οὐκ ἀπέτυχον, χήρας δὲ τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν οὐκ ἐξέτηξα·

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• Isaiah 38:14I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
• Deuteronomy 15:7–10If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother. Instead, you are to…
• Job 20:19For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
• Job 5:16So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
• Deuteronomy 28:32Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.
• Job 22:7–9You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished, while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it. You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was…
• Acts 11:29So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.
• Lamentations 4:17All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.
• Psalms 69:3I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
• Galatians 2:10They only asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.
• Psalms 112:9He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
• Psalms 119:82My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”
• Luke 16:21and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
• Psalms 119:123My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.

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