Job 31:16 — King James Version← Study notes

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

Job 31:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 31:167 words

HebrewMeaning

אִםʾim

(andconjH518

can- · doubtless · if · that) ···

אֶ֭מְנַעʾemənaʿ

denyverbH4513

keep · refrain · restrain · withhold

מֵ/חֵ֣פֶץmēḥēpeṣ

acceptablepronH2656

delight · desire · things desired · matter ···

דַּלִּ֑יםdaliym

leanadjH1800

needy · poor · weaker

וְ/עֵינֵ֖יwəʿēynēy

eyeconjH5869

outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···

אַלְמָנָ֣הʾaləmānāh

desolate housenounH490

widow

אֲכַלֶּֽהʾăkaleh

accomplishverbH3615

cease · consume · determine · destroy ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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