Job 31:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ or have eaten my morsel alone and the orphan has not eaten from it—

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Or have eaten my morsel alone and have not shared it with the fatherless–

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof

Common English Bible

¹⁷ eaten my morsel alone, and not shared any with an orphan (

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ if I have eaten my morsel of food alone, while orphans have not eaten from it;

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ If I have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof:

Job 31:17 Cross References

Nehemiah 8:10

Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions of them to those for whom nothing is prepared, for this day is holy to our Lord, and do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

Esther 2:7

He had brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his cousin, for she had neither father nor mother; the young woman was fair and beautiful, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai adopted her as his own daughter.

Job 22:7

You have given no water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

Job 31:18

for from my youth I reared the orphan like a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—

Job 31:21

if I have raised my hand against the orphan because I saw I had supporters at the gate;

Ezekiel 18:16

does not wrong anyone, exacts no pledge, commits no robbery but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment,

Ezekiel 18:7

does not oppress anyone but restores to the debtor his pledge, commits no robbery, gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment,

Luke 11:41

So give as alms those things that are within and then everything will be clean for you.

John 13:29

Some thought that, because Judas had the common purse, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the festival,” or that he should give something to the poor.

Acts 4:32

Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common.

Romans 12:13

Contribute to the needs of the saints; pursue hospitality to strangers.

Deuteronomy 15:11

Since there will never cease to be some in need on the earth, I therefore command you, ‘Open your hand to the poor and needy neighbor in your land.’

Deuteronomy 15:14

Provide for him liberally out of your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress, thus giving to him some of the bounty with which the Lord your God has blessed you.

James 1:27

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.

1 John 3:17

How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help?