Family Verses

Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members {are} as a shadow. {my members: or, my thoughts}

I have said to corruption, Thou {art} my father: to the worm, {Thou art} my mother, and my sister. {said: Heb. cried, or, called}

He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's {sake} of mine own body. {mine...: Heb. my belly}

Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me. {young...: or, the wicked}

His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. {His children...: or, The poor shall oppress his children}

He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.

They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know {it}. {his iniquity: that is, the punishment of his iniquity}

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

When {men} are cast down, then thou shalt say, {There is} lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. {the humble...: Heb. him that hath low eyes}

They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.