New American Standard Bible 1995
Job 31:15-22
15Did not 1He who madeH6213 me in the wombH990 makeH6213 him, And the sameH259 oneH259 fashionH3559 us in the wombH990?
16“IfH518 I have keptH4513 2the poorH1800 from their desireH2656, Or have caused the eyesH5869 of 3the widowH490 to failH3615,17Or have 4eatenH398 my morselH6595 aloneH905, And 5the orphanH3490 has not 6sharedH398H4480 it18(But from my youthH5271 he grewH1431 up with me as with a fatherH1, And from 7infancyH517H990 I guidedH5148 her),19IfH518 I have seenH7200 anyone perishH6 8for lackH1097 of clothingH3830, Or that 9the needyH34 hadH369 noH369 coveringH3682,20IfH518 his loinsH2504 have not 10thankedH1288 me, And if he has not been warmedH2552 with the fleeceH1488 of my sheepH3532,21IfH518 I have liftedH5130 up my handH3027 againstH5921 11the orphanH3490, BecauseH3588 I sawH7200 12I had supportH5833 13in the gateH8179,22Let my shoulderH3802 fallH5307 from the 14socketH7926, And my 15armH248 be brokenH7665 offH7665 16at the elbowH7070.
Notes
- 1. Job 31:15 Job 10:3 ↩
- 2. Job 31:16 Job 5:16; 20:19 ↩
- 3. Job 31:16 Ex 22:22-24; Job 22:9 ↩
- 4. Job 31:17 Job 22:7 ↩
- 5. Job 31:17 Job 29:12 ↩
- 6. Job 31:17 Lit eaten from it ↩
- 7. Job 31:18 Lit my mother’s womb ↩
- 8. Job 31:19 Job 22:6; 29:13 ↩
- 9. Job 31:19 Job 24:4 ↩
- 10. Job 31:20 Lit blessed ↩
- 11. Job 31:21 Job 29:12; 31:17 ↩
- 12. Job 31:21 Lit my help ↩
- 13. Job 31:21 Job 29:7 ↩
- 14. Job 31:22 Lit shoulder; or back ↩
- 15. Job 31:22 Job 38:15 ↩
- 16. Job 31:22 Lit from the bone of the upper arm ↩
Commentaries on Job 31
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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