Job 22:7
What does Job 22:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 22:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949You do not give water to the tired traveller, and from him who has no food you keep back bread.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thou hast not given water to the weary, thou hast withdrawn bread from the hungry.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 31:17
Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof
- Job 31:31
If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat?
- Proverbs 11:24
There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want.
- Proverbs 19:17
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.
- Matthew 25:42
for I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink;
- Ezekiel 18:16
neither hath wronged any, hath not taken aught to pledge, neither hath taken by robbery, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
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