Jó 31:16

16 “Se não atendi os desejos do pobre,ou se fatiguei os olhos da viúva,

Jó 31:16 Meaning and Commentary

Job 31:16

If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire
Their reasonable desires, and which it was in his power to grant; as when they desired a piece of bread, being hungry, or clothes to cover them, being naked; but not unreasonable desires, seeking and asking great things for themselves, or unlimited and unbounded ones, such as the two sons of Zebedee desired of Christ, ( Mark 10:35 ) ;

or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
through long waiting for, and expecting help and succour from him, and at last disappointed. Job did not use the widow in such a manner as to give her reason to hope for relief or counsel from him she came for, and make her wait long, and then send her away empty, as he was charged, ( Job 22:9 ) ; but he soon dispatched her, by granting her what she sued to him for.

Jó 31:16 In-Context

14 que farei quando Deus me confrontar?Que responderei quando chamado a prestar contas?

15 Aquele que me fez no ventre materno não os fez também?Não foi ele que nos formou, a mim e a eles, no interior de nossas mães?

16 “Se não atendi os desejos do pobre,ou se fatiguei os olhos da viúva,

17 se comi meu pão sozinho,sem compartilhá-lo com o órfão,

18 sendo que desde a minha juventude o criei como se fosse seu pai,e desde o nascimento guiei a viúva;