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Job 31:16 King James If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
fail--in the vain expectation of relief (Job 11:20).
 
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20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
6 They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
2 Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
5 Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.
16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.
7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
22 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.