Catholic Public Domain Version
"If I have denied the poor what they wanted and have made the eyes of the widow wait; "
— Job 31:16, Catholic Public Domain Version
“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;”
“ If I have withheld the poor fromtheirdesire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, ”
“"If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,”
“If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,”
“If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:”
“If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;”
“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;”
If I have despised being subject to judgment with my servant or my maid, when they had any complaint against me,
then what will I do when God rises to judge, and, when he inquires, how will I respond to him?
Is not he who created me in the womb, also he who labored to make him? And did not one and the same form me in the womb?
If I have denied the poor what they wanted and have made the eyes of the widow wait;
if I have eaten my morsel of food alone, while orphans have not eaten from it;
(for from my infancy mercy grew with me, and it came out with me from my mother’s womb;)
if I have looked down on him who was perishing because he had no clothing and the poor without any covering,