15 He that hath made me in the womb, hath he not made [a]him? hath not he alone fashioned us in the womb?

16 If I restrained the poor of their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow [b]to fail,

17 Or have eaten my morsels alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:15 He was moved to show pity unto servants, because they were God’s creatures as he was.
  2. Job 31:16 By long waiting for her request.

15 Did not he who made me in the womb make them?(A)
    Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?(B)

16 “If I have denied the desires of the poor(C)
    or let the eyes of the widow(D) grow weary,(E)
17 if I have kept my bread to myself,
    not sharing it with the fatherless(F)

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