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Job 31:15-17
New English Translation

15 Did not the one who made me in the womb make them?[a]
Did not the same one form us in the womb?
16 If I have refused to give the poor what they desired,[b]
or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17 If I ate my morsel of bread myself,
and did not share any of it with orphans[c]—

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:15 tn Heb “him,” but the plural pronoun has been used in the translation to indicate that the referent is the servants mentioned in v. 13 (since the previous “him” in v. 14 refers to God).
  2. Job 31:16 tn Heb “kept the poor from [their] desire.”
  3. Job 31:17 tn Heb “and an orphan did not eat from it.”
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Job 31:15-17
New International Version

15 Did not he who made me in the womb make them?(A)
    Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?(B)

16 “If I have denied the desires of the poor(C)
    or let the eyes of the widow(D) grow weary,(E)
17 if I have kept my bread to myself,
    not sharing it with the fatherless(F)—

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