Job 22:6
4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
- KJV
- For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
- WEB
- For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
- ASV
- For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.
- DARBY
- For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.
- BLB
- For you take a pledge from your brothers needlessly, and the garments the naked you strip off.
- ÅB
- Du tok jo pant av dine brødre uten grunn og dro klærne av de nakne.
- OTB
- For du har tatt pant fra dine slektninger uten grunn
og kledd de nakne av deres klær. - B1930
- Du tok jo pant av dine brødre uten grunn og drog klærne av de nakne.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 22:26
If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
Read in contextEzekiel 18:12
Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
Read in contextEzekiel 18:16
Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 24:10–18
When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
Read in contextJob 24:3
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
Read in contextJob 24:9–10
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
Read in contextJob 31:19–20
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
Read in contextDeuteronomy 24:6
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.
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