Job 31:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;”

Job 31:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Job 31:16 in 6 Bible Translations

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Job 31:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

““If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,”

Job 31:16 — World English Bible

Job 31:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“ If I have withheld the poor fromtheirdesire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, ”

Job 31:16 — American Standard Version

Job 31:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

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

Job 31:16 — Young's Literal Translation

Job 31:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

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

Job 31:16 — Darby Translation

Job 31:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“If I restrained the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile,”

Job 31:16 — Geneva Bible

Job 31:16 in Context — Job 31

14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

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

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

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

18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)

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What Does Job 31:16 Mean?

Job 31:16 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 31. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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