Job 22:9
7 You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,
8 while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.
You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
10 Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;
11 it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
- KJV
- Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
- WEB
- You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
- ASV
- Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
- DARBY
- Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
- BLB
- You have sent away widows in emptiness, and the arms of the fatherless are crushed.
- ÅB
- Enker har du latt fare tomhendt, og farløses armer ble knust.
- OTB
- Du har sendt enker bort tomhendte,
og styrken til de farløse er blitt knust. - B1930
- Enker har du latt fare tomhendt, og farløses armer blev knust.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 24:21
They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.
Read in contextEzekiel 22:7
Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
Read in contextJob 24:3
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
Read in contextIsaiah 10:2
to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.
Read in contextJob 31:21
if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 27:19
‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Read in contextJob 29:12–13
because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
Read in contextEzekiel 30:22
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken, and will make the sword fall from his hand.
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