Job 31:17
Strong's Lexicon
if I have eaten
וְאֹכַ֣ל (wə·’ō·ḵal)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 398: 1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to eat (human subject) 1a2) to eat, devour (of beasts and birds) 1a3) to devour, consume (of fire) 1a4) to devour, slay (of sword) 1a5) to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought) 1a6) to devour (of oppression) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be eaten (by men) 1b2) to be devoured, consumed (of fire) 1b3) to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh) 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to cause to eat, feed with 1c2) to cause to devour 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to feed 1d2) to cause to eat 1e) (Piel) 1e1) consume

my morsel
פִּתִּ֣י (pit·tî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6595: 1) fragment, bit, morsel (of bread), piece

alone,
לְבַדִּ֑י (lə·ḇad·dî)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 905: 1) alone, by itself, besides, a part, separation, being alone 1a) separation, alone, by itself 1a1) only (adv) 1a2) apart from, besides (prep) 1b) part 1c) parts (eg limbs, shoots), bars

not
וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

sharing
אָכַ֖ל (’ā·ḵal)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 398: 1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to eat (human subject) 1a2) to eat, devour (of beasts and birds) 1a3) to devour, consume (of fire) 1a4) to devour, slay (of sword) 1a5) to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought) 1a6) to devour (of oppression) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be eaten (by men) 1b2) to be devoured, consumed (of fire) 1b3) to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh) 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to cause to eat, feed with 1c2) to cause to devour 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to feed 1d2) to cause to eat 1e) (Piel) 1e1) consume

it
מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ (mim·men·nāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4480: prep 1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than 1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of 1b) out of 1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling) 1b2) (of material from which something is made) 1b3) (of source or origin) 1c) out of, some of, from (partitively) 1d) from, since, after (of time) 1e) than, more than (in comparison) 1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or 1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons) 1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive) conj 2) that

with the fatherless—
יָת֣וֹם (yā·ṯō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3490: 1) an orphan, fatherless

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—

Young's Literal Translation
And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
if I have eaten my  few crumbs  alone without letting the fatherless eat  any of  it —

New American Standard Bible
Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the orphan has not shared it

King James Bible
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
Parallel Verses
New International Version
if I have kept my bread to myself, not sharing it with the fatherless--

New Living Translation
Have I been stingy with my food and refused to share it with orphans?

English Standard Version
or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it

New American Standard Bible
Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the orphan has not shared it

King James Bible
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
if I have eaten my few crumbs alone without letting the fatherless eat any of it--

International Standard Version
if I ate my meals by myself without feeding orphans,

NET Bible
If I ate my morsel of bread myself, and did not share any of it with orphans--

American Standard Version
Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

English Revised Version
Or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

Young's Literal Translation
And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it,
















Cross References
James 1:27
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Job 22:7
Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

Job 29:12
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

Job 31:18
(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)

Job 31:21
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

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

Job 31:15
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

Job 31:14
What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

Job 31:19
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

Job 31:20
If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
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