Job 31:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Deut 15:7-9 : 7 If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother; 8 but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need [in that] which he wanteth. 9 Beware that there be not a base thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou give him nought; and he cry unto Jehovah against thee, and it be sin unto thee. 10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thy heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him; because that for this thing Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy work, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto.
Deut 28:32 : 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: and there shall be nought in the power of thy hand.
Job 5:16 : 16 So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Job 20:19 : 19 For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
Job 22:7-9 : 7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. 8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it. 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Ps 69:3 : 3 I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Ps 112:9 : 9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy; His righteousness endureth for ever: His horn shall be exalted with honor.
Ps 119:82 : 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, While I say, When wilt thou comfort me?
Ps 119:123 : 123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, And for thy righteous word.
Isa 38:14 : 14 Like a swallow [or] a crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail [with looking] upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.
Lam 4:17 : 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 : 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.
Acts 11:29 : 29 And the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren that dwelt in Judea:
Gal 2:10 : 10 only [they would] that we should remember the poor; which very thing I was also zealous to do.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Job 31:17-22
6 verses
84%
17Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof
18(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother's womb);
19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;
20If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:
22Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone.
Job 29:12-13
2 verses
77%
12Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.
13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Job 22:9
77%
9Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Job 30:25
76%
25Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
Isa 10:2
76%
2to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
Job 31:13-15
3 verses
76%
13If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;
14What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?
Job 31:38-39
2 verses
75%
38If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together;
39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
Job 29:16
74%
16I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
Job 24:21
73%
21He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow.
Jer 49:11
72%
11Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Job 22:7
72%
7Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
Job 31:7-9
3 verses
72%
7If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands:
8Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
9If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;
Job 31:24-25
2 verses
72%
24If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence;
25If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;
Job 3:10
72%
10Because it shut not up the doors of my [mother's] womb, Nor hid trouble from mine eyes.
Prov 22:16
72%
16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [gain], [And] he that giveth to the rich, [shall come] only to want.
Prov 14:31
72%
31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; But he that hath mercy on the needy honoreth him.
Job 5:16
72%
16So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Prov 30:9
72%
9Lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who is Jehovah? Or lest I be poor, and steal, And use profanely the name of my God.
Prov 31:9
72%
9Open thy mouth, judge righteously, And minister justice to the poor and needy.
Job 3:16
71%
16Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.
Job 24:9
71%
9There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;
Job 10:18
71%
18Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me.
Job 31:29-30
2 verses
71%
29If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;
30(Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);
Exod 22:22-23
2 verses
71%
22Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
23If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
Lam 5:3
71%
3We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.
Ps 31:9
71%
9Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth away with grief, [yea], my soul and my body.
Job 31:1-2
2 verses
71%
1I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?
2For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?
Job 6:13
70%
13Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me?
Job 31:27
70%
27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand:
1 Tim 5:16
70%
16If any {G4103} {G2228} woman that believeth hath widows, let her relieve them, and let not the church be burdened; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.
Job 24:3
70%
3They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Jer 22:16
70%
16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.
Ps 73:15
70%
15If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.
Ps 10:14
70%
14Thou hast seen [it]; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth [himself] unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
Prov 28:27
70%
27He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; But he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.