Job 22:6

Job 22:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
• New International Version (NIV)You demanded security from your relatives for no reason; you stripped people of their clothing, leaving them naked.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing and stripped the naked of their clothing.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For you have taken pledges from your brother for no reason, And stripped the naked of their clothing.

Context of Job 22:6

4It is not because you respect and obey God that he punishes you. It is not because you are a good person that he accuses you. 5No! It is because you are a very wicked person. You have done too many evil things for anyone to count them. That is why he is punishing you. You took things from your friends when you lent money to them. You had no reason to do that. You even took away the only clothes that poor people were wearing. 7When you met people who were weak and tired, you did not give them any water to drink. You refused to feed hungry people. 8You were a powerful man, with land that belonged to you. People respected you. Your land gave you a good life.

Job 22:6 word by word

כִּֽי־תַחְבֹּ֣ל אַחֶ֣יךָ חִנָּ֑ם וּבִגְדֵ֖י עֲרוּמִּ֣ים תַּפְשִֽׁיט׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For thou hast taken a pledgeחָבַלchâbal · to pledgeH2254
• from thy brotherאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• for noughtחִנָּםchinnâm · for nothingH2600
• and strippedפָּשַׁטpâshaţ · to stripH6584
• the nakedעָרוֹם‛ârôm ‛ârôm · nakedH6174
• of their clothingבֶּ֫גֶדbeged · garmentH899

Cross-references for Job 22:6

• Job 24:3They take away a donkey that belongs to a child who has no family. They take an ox away from a widow, when they lend money to her.
• Exodus 22:26You may take someone's coat as a guarantee that he will pay you back. But you must always return his coat to him before sunset.
• Deuteronomy 24:10If you lend something to your neighbour you may take something from him as a guarantee. But do not go into his house to take it.
• Ezekiel 18:7He is not cruel to other people. When he lends money to someone, he gives back anything that he has taken as a guarantee. He does not take things that belong to other people. He gives food to hungry people. He gives clothes to poor people.
• Amos 2:8When they lend money to poor people, they take the poor people's clothes. They do not return the clothes each night, as they should do. Instead they sleep on the clothes themselves. They do that at the places where they worship their gods. The rich people take money from poor people. They use that money to buy wine for themselves. Then they drink the wine in the temples of their gods.
• Job 24:10Poor people have to go out with no clothes to wear. They are hungry while they carry the crops of other people.
• Job 31:19I have seen people without enough clothes to keep them warm, or without a coat to wear.

Commentaries on Job 22:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Thou hast taken a pledge - Thou hast been vexatious in all thy doings, and hast exacted where nothing was due, so that through thee the poor have been unable to procure their necessary clothing.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought - The only evidence which Eliphaz seems to have had of this was, that this was a heinous sin, and that as Job seemed to be severely punished, it was to be “inferred” that he must have committed some such sin as this. No way of treating an unfortunate and a suffering man could be more unkind. A “pledge” is that which is given by a debtor to a creditor, for security for the payment of a debt, and…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 5-14 Eliphaz brought heavy charges against Job, without reason for his accusations, except that Job was visited as he supposed God always visited every wicked man. He charges him with oppression, and that he did harm with his wealth and power in the time of his prosperity.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The law and prophets forbade taking clothing as security for loans (Exodus 22:26–27; Deuteronomy 24:10–13; Ezekiel 18:7–8; Amos 2:8). In contrast, Job gave clothing to poor people (Job 31:19–20).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. The crimes alleged, on a harsh inference, by Eliphaz against Job are such as he would think likely to be committed by a rich man. The Mosaic law (Ex 22:26; De 24:10) subsequently embodied the feeling that existed among the godly in Job's time against oppression of debtors as to their pledges. Here the case is not quite the same; Job is charged with taking a pledge where he had no just claim to it; and in the second clause, that pledge (the outer…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 22:6

• Creditor
• Debt
• Poor

In the dictionaries

• Acquaint
• Decree
• Lift
• Sudden
• Thereby
• Debt; Debtor
• Eliphaz (2)
• Job, Book of
• Naked; Nakedness
• Pledge

Commentaries on Job 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings