Jó 31:16

16 Se tenho negado aos pobres o que desejavam, ou feito desfalecer 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 então que faria eu quando Deus se levantasse? E quando ele me viesse inquirir, que lhe responderia?
15 Aquele que me formou no ventre não o fez também a meu servo? E não foi um que nos plasmou na madre?
16 Se tenho negado aos pobres o que desejavam, ou feito desfalecer os olhos da viúva,
17 ou se tenho comido sozinho o meu bocado, e não tem comido dele o órfão também
18 (pois desde a minha mocidade o órfão cresceu comigo como com seu pai, e a viúva, tenho-a guiado desde o ventre de minha mãe);
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