16If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,


In Context

13 If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,

14 Then what do I do when God ariseth? And when He doth inspect, What do I answer Him?

15 Did not He that made me in the womb make him? Yea, prepare us in the womb doth One.

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

17 And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it,

18 (But from my youth He grew up with me as with a father, And from the belly of my mother I am led.)

Job 31:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:16If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

31:16"If I have denied the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow grow weary,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

31:16If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

31:16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

31:16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:16|If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;