Job 31:19
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
If his loins have not blessed me,.... Which were girded and covered with garments he gave him; which, as often as he put on and girded his loins with, put him in mind of his generous benefactor, and…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
If I have seen any perish ... - He turns to another virtue of the same general class - that of providing for the poor. The meaning is clear, that he had always assisted the poor and needy.
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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