Job 31:16
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone,.... Though he had kept no doubt a plentiful table in the time of his prosperity suitable to his circumstances, yet had been no luxurious person, and therefore…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
If I have withheld the poor from their desire - Job now turns to another class of virtues, regarded also as of great importance in the patriarchal ages, kindness to the poor and the afflicted; to the…
Eliphaz had particularly charged Job with unmercifulness to the poor (Job 22:6, etc.): Thou hast withholden bread from the hungry, stripped the naked of their clothing, and sent widows away empty. One…
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