King James Version

Job 31:16

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

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אִםimoh thatאִםconjunction — “oh that”H518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not(and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), t…אֶ֭מְנַעemnadenyמָנַעverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “deny”, an unfinished actionH4513to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injurydeny, keep (back), refrain, restrain, withhold.מֵחֵ֣פֶץmechefetsfrom desireחֵפֶץpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “from desire”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2656pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)acceptable, delight(-some), desire, things desired, matter, pleasant(-ure), purpose, willingly.דַּלִּ֑יםdalimleanדַּלadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “lean”, the ordinary formH1800properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thinlean, needy, poor (man), weaker.וְעֵינֵ֖יveeyneand eye , , -sightעַיִןconjunction, noun, common, both genders, dual, construct — “and eye , , -sight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him…אַלְמָנָ֣הalmanahdesolate houseאַלְמָנָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “desolate house”, the ordinary formH490a widow; also a desolate placedesolate house (palace), widow.אֲכַלֶּֽהakhalehceaseכָּלָהverb, piel, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “cease”, an unfinished actionH3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, [idiom] fully, [idiom] have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make cle…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

If I have withheld aught that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

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American Standard Version (1901)

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

Young’s Literal Translation

If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,

World English Bible

“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

Darby Translation

If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

Douay-Rheims

If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

If I have withheld aught that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But the helpless missed not whatever need they had, and I did not cause the eye of the widow to fail.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀδύνατοι δὲ χρείαν ἥν ποτε εἶχον οὐκ ἀπέτυχον, χήρας δὲ τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν οὐκ ἐξέτηξα·