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Job 31

Job 31:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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If I have withheld
mana` (Hebrew #4513)
to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury
KJV usage: deny, keep (back), refrain, restrain, withhold.
Pronounce: maw-nah'
Origin: a primitive root
the poor
dal (Hebrew #1800)
properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin
KJV usage: lean, needy, poor (man), weaker.
Pronounce: dal
Origin: from 1809
from their desire
chephets (Hebrew #2656)
pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)
KJV usage: acceptable, delight(-some), desire, things desired, matter, pleasant(-ure), purpose, willingly.
Pronounce: khay'-fets
Origin: from 2654
, or have caused the eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
of the widow
'almanah (Hebrew #490)
a widow; also a desolate place
KJV usage: desolate house (palace), widow.
Pronounce: al-maw-naw'
Origin: fem of 488
to fail
kalah (Hebrew #3615)
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
KJV usage: accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when ... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, X fully, X have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make clean riddance, spend, quite take away, waste.
Pronounce: kaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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withheld.
Job 22:7‑9• 7To the weary thou gavest no water,{HR}And from the hungry didst withhold bread.
 8And the man of might — his was the land,{HR}And the accepted of face dwelleth in it.
 9Widows didst thou send empty away,{HR}And the arms of the fatherless were broken. (Job 22:7‑9)
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Deut. 15:7‑10• 7{i}If there be amongst you a poor man, any one of thy brethren in one of thy gates, in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy brother in need;{/i}
 8{i}but thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto him, and shalt certainly lend him on pledge what is sufficient for his need, in that which he lacketh.{/i}
 9{i}Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry against thee to Jehovah, and it be sin in thee.{/i}
 10{i}Thou shalt bountifully give unto him, and thy heart shall not be evil-disposed when thou givest unto him; because for this thing Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy works, and in all the business of thy hand.{/i} (Deut. 15:7‑10)
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Psa. 112:9• 9He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor;{HR}His righteousness standeth forever,{HR}His horn shall be exalted with glory. (Psa. 112:9)
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Luke 16:21• 21and desiring to be filled with the crumbs which fell from the table of the rich man; nay, even the dogs came and licked his sores. (Luke 16:21)
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Acts 11:29• 29And according as any of the disciples had means, they determined each of them to send help to the brethren that dwelt in Judea (Acts 11:29)
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Gal. 2:10• 10only that we should remember the poor, which very thing also I have been diligent to do. (Gal. 2:10)
the eyes.
Deut. 28:32• 32{i}Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and languish for them all the day long; and there shall be no power in thy hand to help it.{/i} (Deut. 28:32)
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Psa. 69:3• 3I am wearied in my crying, parched is my throat,{HR}Mine eyes fail, while waiting for my God (Eloah). (Psa. 69:3)
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Psa. 119:82,123• 82Mine eyes fail for thy saying, so that I say (saying),{HR}When wilt thou comfort me?
 123Mine eyes fail for thy salvation{HR}And for thy righteous saying. (Psa. 119:82,123)
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Isa. 38:14• 14Like a swallow, a crane, so did I chatter; I mourned as a dove; mine eyes failed [with looking] upward. Jehovah, I am oppressed: undertake for me. (Isa. 38:14)
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Lam. 4:17• 17As yet for us, our eyes failed for our vain help;{HR}On our watchtowers we watched for a nation that could not save us. (Lam. 4:17)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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If I kept back the poor from [their] desire,{HR}And the eyes of the widow made to pine,