Iyov 31:17

17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the yatom hath not eaten thereof;

Iyov 31:17 Meaning and Commentary

Job 31:17

Or have eaten my morsel myself alone
Though he had kept no doubt a plentiful table in the time of his prosperity suitable to his circumstances, yet had been no luxurious person, and therefore calls provisions a "morsel"; however, be it what it would, more or less, he did not eat it alone; what he had for himself the poor had a share of it with him, and the same he ate himself he gave to them:

and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof:
meaning the poor fatherless: for as to the rich fatherless, it was no charity to feed them: this verse contradicts the charge exhibited against him, ( Job 22:7 ) .

Iyov 31:17 In-Context

15 Did not He that made me in the beten make them? And did not Echad fashion us in the rechem?

16 If I have withheld the poor from their chefetz (desire), or have caused the eyes of the almanah to grow weary,

17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the yatom hath not eaten thereof;

18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with an av, and I have guided her from beten immi;)

19 If I have seen any oved (one perishing) for want of clothing, or any evyon (needy) without covering,