Job 31:17
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
For from my youth he was brought up with me as with a father,.... That is, the poor or the fatherless, one or both; as soon as he was at years of discretion, and was capable of observing the…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone - If I have not imparted what I had though ever so small, to others. This was in accordance with the Oriental laws of hospitality. It is regarded as a fixed law…
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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