For they have crushed and abandoned the poor; they have seized a house that they did not build.
Job 31:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 “If I have withheld anything that the poor desired or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If I have withheld from the poor and needy what they desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to look in vain [for relief], American Standard Version (1901) If I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, Common English Bible If I have denied what the poor wanted, made a widow’s eyes tired, Catholic Public Domain Version If I have denied the poor what they wanted and have made the eyes of the widow wait; Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait: |
For they have crushed and abandoned the poor; they have seized a house that they did not build.
They have distributed freely; they have given to the poor; their righteousness endures forever; their horn is exalted in honor.
My eyes fail from watching for your salvation and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.
My eyes fail with watching for your promise; I ask, “When will you comfort me?”
I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.
Do not rob the poor because they are poor or crush the afflicted at the gate,
to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, to make widows their spoil and to plunder orphans!
Like a swallow or a crane I clamor; I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security!
Our eyes failed, ever watching vainly for help; we were watching eagerly for a nation that could not save.
does not wrong anyone, exacts no pledge, commits no robbery but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment,
“If any of your kin fall into difficulty and become dependent on you, you shall support them; they shall live with you as though resident aliens.
who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man’s table; even the dogs would come and lick his sores.
The disciples determined that, according to their ability, each would send relief to the brothers and sisters living in Judea;
They asked only one thing, that we remember the poor, which was actually what I was eager to do.
Your sons and daughters shall be given to another people while you look on; you will strain your eyes looking for them all day but be powerless to do anything.
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.