Job 31:17
“Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;”
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Trusted original commentary from respected historical Bible scholars and theologians.
Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
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…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone - If I have not imparted what I had though ever so small, to others. This was in…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 31:16-23
Eliphaz had particularly charged Job with unmercifulness to the poor (Job 22:6, etc.): Thou hast withholden bread from…
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