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Job 31:19 Cross-References
Explore 11 cross-references for Job 31:19 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 31 verse 19 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;”
Job 31:19 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 31:19
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing (אִם־אֶרְאֶה אוֹבֵד מִבְּלִי לְבוּשׁ, im-er'eh oved mib-bli levush)—oved (אוֹבֵד, perish) is a participle indicating ongoing suffering. Any poor without covering (וְאֵין כְּסוּת לָאֶבְיוֹן, ve-ein kesut la-evyon)—evyon (אֶבְיוֹן, poor/needy) appears 61 times in Scripture, denoting the destitute. Kesut (כְּסוּת) means covering or garment, basic protection.Job addresses the second basic human need (after food, v. 17)—clothing. This anticipates Jesus's teaching: "I was naked, and ye clothed me" (Matthew 25:36). The conditional "if I have seen" implie...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 31:19
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“and stripped the naked of their clothing.”
“They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.”
“let's not love in word only”
“and you didn't take me in; naked”
“they brought him into the upper chamber. All the widows stood by him weeping”
“and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? when you see the naked”
“He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. He who has food, let him do likewise.”
“Go in peace, be warmed and filled; and yet you didn't give them the things the body needs”
“and took the captives”
“and you clothed me; I was sick”