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Job 31:17

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the orphan has not shared it
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten of it;
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Or have eaten my morsel alone, so that the fatherless ate not thereof,
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Or, used to eat my morsel alone, so that the fatherless did not eat thereof;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— If I have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof:
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Or haue eaten my morsels alone, and the fatherles hath not eaten thereof,
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Or haue eaten my morsell my selfe alone, and the fatherlesse hath not eaten thereof:
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Or have eaten my bread alone, and the orphans did not eat of it
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And if too I ate my morsel alone, and did not impart [of it] to the orphan;
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Or have eaten 398
{0398} Prime
אָכַל
'akal
{aw-kal'}
A primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
my morsel 6595
{6595} Prime
פַּת
path
{path}
From H6626; a bit.
myself alone, x905
(0905) Complement
בַּד
bad
{bad}
From H0909; properly separation; by implication a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as adverb, apart, only, besides.
and the fatherless 3490
{3490} Prime
יָתוֹם
yathowm
{yaw-thome'}
From an unused root meaning to be lonely; a bereaved person.
hath not x3808
(3808) Complement
לֹא
lo'
{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
eaten 398
{0398} Prime
אָכַל
'akal
{aw-kal'}
A primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
thereof; x4480
(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Job 31:13-23.


Job 31:17

_ _ Arabian rules of hospitality require the stranger to be helped first, and to the best.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Job 31:16-23.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
have:

Deuteronomy 15:11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Deuteronomy 15:14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: [of that] wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
Nehemiah 8:10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for [this] day [is] holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
Luke 11:41 But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
John 13:29 For some [of them] thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy [those things] that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.
Acts 4:32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any [of them] that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

the fatherless:

Job 29:13-16 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. ... I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out.
Ezekiel 18:7 And hath not oppressed any, [but] hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
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,
Romans 12:13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
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.
1 John 3:17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels [of compassion] from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Dt 15:11, 14. Ne 8:10. Jb 29:13. Ezk 18:7, 16. Lk 11:41. Jn 13:29. Ac 4:32. Ro 12:13. Jm 1:27. 1Jn 3:17.

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