Job 31:16
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
חָשַׂךְ
châsak
to restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe
עָנִי
ʻânîy
depressed, in mind or circumstances
תַּאֲוָה
taʼăvâh
a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
אַלְמָנָה
ʼalmânâh
a widow; also a desolate place
כָּלָה
kâlâh
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
Key Terms in This Verse
חָשַׂךְ châsak
to restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe
Study H2820 →כָּלָה kâlâh
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
Study H3615 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →תַּאֲוָה taʼăvâh
a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)
Study H8378 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →Cross References
Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand:
Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
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