Job 31:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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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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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Deut 15:11 : 11 For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.
Deut 15:14 : 14 thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy winepress; as Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
Neh 8:10 : 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 22:7 : 7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
Job 29:12-16 : 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him. 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem. 15 I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame. 16 I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
Ezek 18:7 : 7 and hath not wronged any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath taken nought by robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
Ezek 18:16 : 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;
Luke 11:41 : 41 But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, all things are clean unto you.
John 13:29 : 29 For some thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus said unto him, Buy what things we have need of for the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.
Acts 4:32 : 32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and {G5590} {G2532} soul: and not one [of] [them] said that aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
Rom 12:13 : 13 communicating to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality.
Jas 1:27 : 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.
1 John 3:17 : 17 But whoso {G302} hath the world's goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Job 31:16
84%
16If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Job 31:18-22
5 verses
80%
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
76%
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
76%
9Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Job 31:39
75%
39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
Job 29:16-17
2 verses
73%
16I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
17And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.
Job 24:9-10
2 verses
73%
9There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;
10[ So that] they go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves.
Lam 5:3
73%
3We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.
Jer 49:11
72%
11Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Ezek 18:16
72%
16neither 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;
Ps 37:25
72%
25I have been young, and now am old; Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread.
Job 22:7
71%
7Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
Ezek 22:7
71%
7In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
Ps 10:14
71%
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.
Isa 10:2
71%
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 6:27
71%
27Yea, ye would cast [lots] upon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.
Exod 22:22
71%
22Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
Job 31:29-31
3 verses
70%
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);
31If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat?
Job 31:8
70%
8Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
Job 30:25
70%
25Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
Ezek 18:7
70%
7and hath not wronged any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath taken nought by robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
Prov 23:10
70%
10Remove not the ancient landmark; And enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Prov 13:23
69%
23Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.
Prov 4:3
69%
3For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
Deut 24:17
69%
17Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to the sojourner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge;
Lev 22:13
69%
13But if a priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and be returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's bread: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.
Prov 30:9
69%
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.
Deut 26:14
69%
14I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I put away thereof, being unclean, nor given thereof for the dead: I have hearkened to the voice of Jehovah my God; I have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.
Job 24:3
69%
3They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Lam 4:4
69%
4The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: The young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
2 Sam 12:3
68%
3but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own morsel, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
Ps 27:10
68%
10When my father and my mother forsake me, Then Jehovah will take me up.
Job 31:27
68%
27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand:
Gen 31:38-39
2 verses
68%
38These twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flocks have I not eaten.
39That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.
Ps 14:4
68%
4Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people [as] they eat bread, And call not upon Jehovah?
Job 31:13
68%
13If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;
Job 6:7
68%
7My soul refuseth to touch [them]; They are as loathsome food to me.
Ps 10:18
68%
18To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.
Ps 73:15
68%
15If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.
Ps 102:9
68%
9For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,