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The Book of Job, Chapter 31, Verse 16

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Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
King James Version
If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
American Standard Version
If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
New English Translation
If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
World English Bible
"If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
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Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
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(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as [with] a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
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If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
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If his loins have not blessed me, and [if] he were [not] warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
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If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
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[Then] let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
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For destruction [from] God [was] a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
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If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence;
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If I rejoiced because my wealth [was] great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
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If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking [in] brightness;