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Jó 31:17

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17 ou se tenho comido sozinho o meu bocado, e não tem comido dele o órfão também

Jó 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 ) .

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Jó 31:17 In-Context

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);
19 se tenho visto alguém perecer por falta de roupa, ou o necessitado não ter com que se cobrir;
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