Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
when—that is, "because."
I saw—that I might calculate on the "help" of a powerful party in the court of justice—("gate"), if I should be summoned by the injured fatherless.
Job affirms his freedom from unfairness towards his servants, from harshness and oppression towards the needy.
despise the cause—refused to do them justice.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Job 31:21:
Job 31:22
Job 31:22
Proverbs 23:11
Isaiah 58:7
Zechariah 2:9
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