17 Or have (A)eaten my morsel alone,
And (B)the orphan has not [a]shared it
18 (But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father,
And from [b]infancy I guided her),
19 If I have seen anyone perish (C)for lack of clothing,
Or that (D)the needy had no covering,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:17 Lit eaten from it
  2. Job 31:18 Lit my mother’s womb

17 if I have kept my bread to myself,
    not sharing it with the fatherless(A)
18 but from my youth I reared them as a father would,
    and from my birth I guided the widow(B)
19 if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing,(C)
    or the needy(D) without garments,

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