Verse List for JOB 31:16

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Part a: Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Iyyov
Part b: Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=unclear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Iyyov (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) ⇔  If I’ve been stingy in meeting the needs of the poor, ⇔ or have allowed the widow’s EYES TO FAIL,

OET-LV If I _restrained from_desire _of poor_people and_the_eyes _of a _widow I _caused _to _fail.

ULT If I have withheld from the desire of the poor, ⇔  or I have made the eyes of the widow fail,

UST 16-18 I solemnly declare that from the time that I was young, ⇔  I have taken care of orphans and I have protected widows. ⇔ I have not failed to provide poor people with the things that they needed. ⇔  I have not caused widows to lose hope. ⇔  I have not eaten all of my food by myself and not shared it with orphans.

BSB & MSB If I have denied the desires of the poor ⇔  or allowed the widow ’s eyes to fail,

OEB No OEB JOB book available

WEBBE & WMBB “If I have withheld the poor from their desire, ⇔  or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

NET If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, ⇔ or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

LSV If I withhold the poor from pleasure,
And consume the eyes of the widow,

FBV Have I refused to give the poor what they needed, or caused widows to despair?

T4T ⇔  16-18 “I have guided orphans from the time that they were born; ⇔  I have taken care of them since they were young. ⇔ So, if it were true that I ate all my food myself and did not share some of it with orphans, ⇔  or that I refused to give poor people the things that they wanted, ⇔  or that I caused widows to live ◄in despair/without hope that they would receive any help from anyone►,

LEB • “If I have withheld the desire of the poor from them,
• or[fn] I have caused the widow’s eyes to fail,

BBE If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;

Moff I never grudged a poor man anything, ⇔  I never let a widow pine in want;

JPS If I have withheld aught that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

ASV ⇔  If I have withheld the poor from their desire, ⇔ Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

DRA If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:

YLT If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,

Drby If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

RV If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

SLT If I shall withhold from the desire of the poor, and cause the eyes of the widow to fail;

Wbstr If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

KJB-1769 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

KJB-1611 If I haue withhelde the poore from their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps If I denied the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the wydow to wayte in vayne:
(If I denied the poor of their desire, or have caused the eyes of the wydow to wait in vain:)

Gnva If I restrained the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile,
(If I restrained the poor of their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,)

Cvdl When the poore desyred enythinge at me, haue I denyed it them? Haue I caused ye wyddowe stonde waytinge for me in vayne?
(When the poor desired anything at me, have I denied it them? Have I caused ye/you_all widow stand waiting for me in vain?)

Wycl If Y denyede to pore men that, that thei wolden, and if Y made the iyen of a wydewe to abide;
(If I denied to poor men that, that they wanted, and if I made the eyes of a wydewe to abide;)

Luth Hab ich den Dürftigen ihre Begierde versagt und die Augen der Witwen lassen verschmachten?
(Have I the poor_(ones) their/her desire/lust(n) versagt and the eyes the/of_the widows let languish/swelter?)

ClVg Si negavi quod volebant pauperibus, et oculos viduæ expectare feci;[fn]
(When/But_if I_refused that they_wanted to_the_poor, and the_eyes widows expectare I_did;)

UHB אִם־אֶ֭מְנַע מֵ⁠חֵ֣פֶץ דַּלִּ֑ים וְ⁠עֵינֵ֖י אַלְמָנָ֣ה אֲכַלֶּֽה׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἀδύνατοι δὲ χρείαν ἥν ποτε εἶχον οὐκ ἀπέτυχον, χήρας δὲ τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν οὐκ ἐξέτηξα·

BrTr But the helpless missed not whatever need they had, and I did not cause the eye of the widow to fail.