Job 31:21

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

If I have lifted up {H5130} my hand {H3027} against the fatherless {H3490}, when I saw {H7200} my help {H5833} in the gate {H8179}:

or if I lifted my hand against an orphan, knowing that no one would dare charge me in court;

if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:

Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.

  • Job 22:9

    Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

  • Job 29:12

    Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him.

  • Job 24:9

    They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

  • Micah 7:3

    That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge [asketh] for a reward; and the great [man], he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

  • Ezekiel 22:7

    In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.

  • Proverbs 23:10

    ¶ Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

  • Proverbs 23:11

    For their redeemer [is] mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

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