Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Job 31:17 Cross-References
Explore 13 cross-references for Job 31:17 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 31 verse 17 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;”
Job 31:17 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 31:17
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone (וְאֹכַל פִּתִּי לְבַדִּי, ve-okhal pitti le-vaddi)—pat (פַּת) means a morsel or piece of bread, basic sustenance. The fatherless hath not eaten thereof (וְלֹא־אָכַל יָתוֹם מִמֶּנָּה, ve-lo akhal yatom mimennah)—yatom (יָתוֹם, fatherless) appears 42 times in Scripture, always representing the vulnerable. Job declares he never hoarded food while orphans starved.This anticipates Jesus's parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31), where selfish feasting while the poor suffer brings judgment. The principle appears throughout Scripture: true religion ca...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 31:17
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“Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.”
“and out of your threshing floor”
“saying”
“Go your way”
“and behold”
“has not taken anything to pledge”
“because Judas had the money box”
“but has restored to the debtor his pledge”
“and you have withheld bread from the hungry.”
“and sees his brother in need”