21 “They wrong the barren, childless woman,
    and do no good to the widow.

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21 They prey on the barren and childless woman,
    and to the widow they show no kindness.(A)

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13 (A)The blessing of him who was (B)about to perish came upon me,
    and I caused (C)the widow's heart to sing for joy.

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13 The one who was dying blessed me;(A)
    I made the widow’s(B) heart sing.

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And her rival used to provoke her grievously to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb. So it went on year by year. As often as she went up to the house of the Lord, she used to provoke her. Therefore Hannah wept and would not eat.

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Because the Lord had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her.(A) This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the Lord, her rival provoked her till she wept and would not eat.(B)

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16 “If I have (A)withheld anything that the poor desired,
    or have (B)caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17 or have eaten my morsel alone,
    and the fatherless has not eaten of it
18 (for from my youth the fatherless[a] grew up with me as with a father,
    and from my mother's womb I guided the widow[b]),

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:18 Hebrew he
  2. Job 31:18 Hebrew her

16 “If I have denied the desires of the poor(A)
    or let the eyes of the widow(B) grow weary,(C)
17 if I have kept my bread to myself,
    not sharing it with the fatherless(D)
18 but from my youth I reared them as a father would,
    and from my birth I guided the widow(E)

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They drive away the donkey of the fatherless;
    they (A)take the widow's ox for a pledge.

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They drive away the orphan’s donkey
    and take the widow’s ox in pledge.(A)

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You have (A)sent widows away empty,
    and (B)the arms of (C)the fatherless were crushed.

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And you sent widows(A) away empty-handed(B)
    and broke the strength of the fatherless.(C)

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