Job 31:17 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it,

English ASV

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

English Amplified

Or have eaten my morsel alone and have not shared it with the fatherless--

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Or have eaten my morsel alone and have not shared it with the fatherless–

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

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

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Or have eaten my morsel alone, so that the fatherless ate not thereof,

English EASY 2024

I have never kept all my food for myself. I have always shared it with children who have no family.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

I have never been selfish with my food. I shared what I had with orphans.

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

English GNT (Good News Translation)

or let orphans go hungry while I ate.

English God's Word - GW 1995

or have eaten my food alone without letting the orphan eat any of it.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

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

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the orphan has not eaten from it

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

or have eaten my morsel by myself, so that the fatherless could not eat of it

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the orphan has not shared it

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

While I ate my portion alone, with no share in it for the fatherless,

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

I haven't kept my bread to myself. I've shared it with children whose fathers had died.

English NIV

if I have kept my bread to myself, not sharing it with the fatherless-

English NKJ 1982

Or eaten my morsel by myself, So that the fatherless could not eat of it

English NLT

Have I been stingy with my food and refused to share it with hungry orphans?

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

or have eaten my morsel alone, and the orphan has not eaten from it--

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

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

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

or refused food to hungry orphans—

English Tyndale 1537

Have I eaten my portion alone, that the fatherless hath had no part with me?

Job 31:17 — Compare Translations