Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away a house which he builded not.
Job 31:16 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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: |
Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away a house which he builded not.
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honor.
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
She stretcheth our her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
to turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
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.
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.
neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judea:
Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
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.
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.