King James Version
Job 31:17 in the King James Version says “Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;” — study this verse from Job chapter 31 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;”
Job 31:17 · KJV
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? did not one: or, did he not fashion us in one womb?
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) her: that is, the widow
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with preposit
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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