17 if I have kept my bread to myself, not sharing it with the fatherless—. Read full chapter. Cross references. Job 31:17 : S Job 6:27; S 22:7.

Verse 17. - Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof. With the widow, the fatherless is usually conjoined, as an equal ...

17 or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it. Read full chapter · Job 31:17 in all English translations.

17 I haven't kept my bread to myself. I've shared it with children whose fathers had died.

17 Or have eaten my morsel alone, so that the fatherless ate not thereof, 18 (For from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have guided the widow ...

if I have kept my bread to myself, not sharing it with the fatherless. NIV: New International Version. Read Job 31 · Listen to Job 31.

The great law of hospitality Job says he had carefully observed, and had not withheld what he had from the poor and the fatherless.

Job 31:17 Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless has not eaten of it... Read verse in World English Bible.

Have I ignored the needs of the poor, turned my back on the indigent, Taken care of my own needs and fed my own face while they languished?

Job 31:17 from the King James Version of the Bible speaks to the importance of hospitality, generosity, and care for the less fortunate.