Job 31:19

“If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, etc.] A man may be in such poor circumstances as to want proper clothing to cover his naked body with, and preserve it from the inclemencies of the weather, and for want of it be ready to perish or die with cold. Job denies he had seen any such; not that he had never seen persons in such perishing circumstances; but he had not seen them as to “despise” them, as the Vulgate Latin version, as to have them in contempt, or look at them with disdain because of their poverty and rags, or sordid apparel; or so as to “overlook” them, as the Septuagint version, to neglect them, and to take no notice of them, and make no provision for their clothing, a…”

“perish--that is, ready to perish (Job 29:13).”

“If I have seen any perish ... - He turns to another virtue of the same general class - that of providing for the poor. The meaning is clear, that he had always assisted the poor and needy. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Perish - When it was in my power to help them. Job 31:21”

“Job 22:6; Ch2 28:15; Isa 58:7; Mat 25:36, Mat 25:43; Luk 3:11; Act 9:39; Jam 2:16; Jo1 3:18 Job 31:20”

“19 If I saw one perishing without clothing, And that the needy had no covering; 20 If his loins blessed me not, And he did not warm himself from the hide of my lambs; 21 If I have lifted up my hand over the orphan, Because I saw my help in the gate: 22 Let my shoulder fall out of its shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from its bone; 23 For terror would come upon me, the destruction of God, And before His majesty I should not be able to stand. On אובד comp. on Job 4:11; Job 29:13; he who is come down from his right place and is perishing (root בד, to separate, still perfectly visible through the Arab. bâda, ba‛ida, to perish), or also he who is already perished, periens and perditus. The…”