Job 31:16
Strong's Lexicon
If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: 1) if 1a) conditional clauses 1a1) of possible situations 1a2) of impossible situations 1b) oath contexts 1b1) no, not 1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or 1d) when, whenever 1e) since 1f) interrogative particle 1g) but rather

I have denied
אֶ֭מְנַע (’em·na‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4513: 1) to withhold, hold back, keep back, refrain, deny, keep restrain, hinder 1a) (Qal) to withhold 1b) (Niphal) to be withheld

the desires
מֵחֵ֣פֶץ (mê·ḥê·p̄eṣ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2656: 1) delight, pleasure 1a) delight 1b) desire, longing 1c) the good pleasure 1d) that in which one takes delight

of the poor
דַּלִּ֑ים (dal·lîm)
Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1800: 1) low, poor, weak, thin, one who is low

or allowed the widow’s
אַלְמָנָ֣ה (’al·mā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 490: 1) widow

eyes
וְעֵינֵ֖י (wə·‘ê·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - cdc
Strong's Hebrew 5869: 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.) 2) spring, fountain

to fail,
אֲכַלֶּֽה׃ (’ă·ḵal·leh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3615: 1) to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be complete, be at an end 1a2) to be completed, be finished 1a3) to be accomplished, be fulfilled 1a4) to be determined, be plotted (bad sense) 1a5) to be spent, be used up 1a6) to waste away, be exhausted, fail 1a7) to come to an end, vanish, perish, be destroyed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to complete, bring to an end, finish 1b2) to complete (a period of time) 1b3) to finish (doing a thing) 1b4) to make an end, end 1b5) to accomplish, fulfil, bring to pass 1b6) to accomplish, determine (in thought) 1b7) to put an end to, cause to cease 1b8) to cause to fail, exhaust, use up, spend 1b9) to destroy, exterminate 1c) (Pual) to be finished, be ended, be completed

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,

Young's Literal Translation
If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If I have refused the wishes of the poor or let the widow’s eyes go blind,

New American Standard Bible
"If I have kept the poor from [their] desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

King James Bible
If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Parallel Verses
New International Version
"If I have denied the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow grow weary,

New Living Translation
"Have I refused to help the poor, or crushed the hopes of widows?

English Standard Version
“If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

New American Standard Bible
"If I have kept the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If I have refused the wishes of the poor or let the widow's eyes go blind,

International Standard Version
"If I refused to grant the desire of the poor or exhausted the eyes of the widow,

NET Bible
If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

American Standard Version
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

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

Young's Literal Translation
If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,
















Cross References
James 1:27
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.

Exodus 22:22
Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

Job 5:16
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

Job 20:19
Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

Job 22:7
Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

Job 22:9
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Proverbs 22:22
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

Proverbs 31:20
She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.

Ezekiel 18:16
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,

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 31:15
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
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