Job 22:9
What does Job 22:9 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 22:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless thou hast broken in pieces.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 22:21
And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
- Psalms 94:6
They slay the widow and the sojourner, And murder the fatherless.
- Luke 18:3
and there was a widow in that city; and she came oft unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
- Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.
- Ezekiel 22:7
In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
- Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed be he that wresteth the justice due to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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