Job 31:20
Good News Translation
I would give him clothing made of wool that had come from my own flock of sheep. Then he would praise me with all his heart.

New Revised Standard Version
whose loins have not blessed me, and who was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

Contemporary English Version
and I was praised for supplying woolen garments to keep them warm.

New American Bible
Whose limbs have not blessed me when warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

Douay-Rheims Bible
If his sides have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

If his sides have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep:

Job 29:11 The ear that heard me blessed me, and the eye that saw me gave witness to me:

Deuteronomy 24:13 But thou shalt restore it to him presently before the going down of the sun: that he may sleep in his own raiment and bless thee, and thou mayst have justice before the Lord thy God.

Context
Job's Final Appeal
19If I have despised him that was perishing for want of clothing, and the poor man that had no covering: 20If his sides have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep:21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, even when I saw myself superior in the gate:…
Cross References
Job 22:6
For thou hast taken away the pledge of thy brethren without cause, and stripped them naked of their clothing.

Job 31:19
If I have despised him that was perishing for want of clothing, and the poor man that had no covering:

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

Isaiah 58:7
Deal thy bread to the hungry, and bring the needy and the harbourless into thy house: when thou shalt see one naked, cover him, and despise not thy own flesh.

Ezekiel 18:16
And hath not grieved any man, nor withholden the pledge, nor taken away with violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and covered the naked with a garment:

Job 31:19
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