Job 22:7
5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
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.
9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,
- KJV
- Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
- WEB
- You haven’t given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
- ASV
- Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
- DARBY
- Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
- BLB
- You have not quenched with water the weary, and from the hungry you have withheld bread.
- ÅB
- Du gav ikke den trette vann å drikke, og den sultne nektet du brød.
- OTB
- Du har unnlatt å gi vann til den trette,
og du har nektet brød til den sultne. - B1930
- Du gav ikke den trette vann å drikke, og den sultne nektet du brød.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 31:17
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
Read in contextIsaiah 58:7
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Read in contextMatthew 25:42
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
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 contextEzekiel 18:7
And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
Read in contextProverbs 19:17
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 15:7–11
If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
Read in contextProverbs 11:24–25
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
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