Job 31:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־אֶ֭מְנַע מֵחֵ֣פֶץ דַּלִּ֑ים וְעֵינֵ֖י אַלְמָנָ֣ה אֲכַלֶּֽה׃

Transliteration

If-ʾemnaʿ from-ḥēpeṣ dallîm and-ʿênê ʾalmānâ ʾăkalleh

Grammar Details

• *ʾemnaʿ*: verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I withhold
• *ḥēpeṣ*: noun, masculine singular construct - desire of
• *dallîm*: adjective, masculine plural - poor ones
• *ʿênê*: noun, feminine dual construct - eyes of
• *ʾalmānâ*: noun, feminine singular - widow
• *ʾăkalleh*: verb, piel imperfect, 1st person singular - I cause to fail

Word Meanings

• *ʾemnaʿ*: withhold/keep back/refuse
• *ḥēpeṣ*: desire/wish/request
• *dallîm*: poor/weak/lowly
• *ʾăkalleh*: cause to fail/exhaust/consume

Referenced Verses

• Deut 15:7-9 : 7 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: 8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. 9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee. 10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine 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 long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.
• Job 5:16 : 16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
• Job 20:19 : 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 : 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 honourable man 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{H8804)} of my crying{H8800)}: my throat is dried{H8738)}: mine eyes fail{H8804)} while I wait{H8764)} for my God.
• Ps 112:9 : 9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
• Ps 119:82 : 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
• Ps 119:123 : 123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
• Isa 38:14 : 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.
• Lam 4:17 : 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 : 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 : 29 Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:
• Gal 2:10 : 10 Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.