God’s Word Translation
Job 22:9
9You send widows away empty-handed, and the arms of orphans are broken.
Job 22:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
- New International Version (NIV)And you sent widows away empty-handed and broke the strength of the fatherless.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless were crushed.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You have sent widows away empty, And the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
Context of Job 22:9
7You don’t even give a tired person a drink of water, and you take food away from hungry people. 8A strong person owns the land. A privileged person lives in it. You send widows away empty-handed, and the arms of orphans are broken. 10That is why traps are all around you and great fear suddenly grips you. 11⌞That is why⌟ darkness surrounds you and you cannot see and a flood of water covers you.
Read all of Job 22Job 22:9 word by word
אַ֭לְמָנוֹת שִׁלַּ֣חְתָּ רֵיקָ֑ם וּזְרֹע֖וֹת יְתֹמִ֣ים יְדֻכָּֽא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 22:9
- Job 24:3They drive away the orphan’s donkey. They take the widow’s ox as security for a loan.
- Job 29:12because I rescued the poor who called ⌞for help⌟ and the orphans who had no one to help them.
- Job 31:16“If I have refused the requests of the poor or made a widow’s eyes stop ⌞looking for help⌟,
- Exodus 22:21“Never mistreat or oppress foreigners, because you were foreigners living in Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 27:19“Whoever deprives foreigners, orphans, or widows of justice will be cursed.” Then all the people will say amen.
- Psalms 94:6They kill widows and foreigners, and they murder orphans.
- Isaiah 1:17Learn to do good. Seek justice. Arrest oppressors. Defend orphans. Plead the case of widows.”
- Isaiah 10:2They deprive the poor of justice. They take away the rights of the needy among my people. They prey on widows and rob orphans.
- Ezekiel 22:7People in you hate their fathers and mothers. They oppress foreigners in you. They oppress orphans and widows in you.
- Malachi 3:5“I will come to judge you. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers, lying witnesses, and those who cheat workers out of their wages and oppress widows and orphans. I will also testify against those who deprive foreigners of their rights. None of them fear me,” says the Lord of Armies.
- Luke 18:3In that city there was also a widow who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice.’
- Psalms 10:15Break the arm of the wicked and evil person. Punish his wickedness until you find no more.
- Psalms 37:17The arms of wicked people will be broken, but the Lord continues to support righteous people.
- Ezekiel 30:22“This is what the Almighty Lord says: I’m against Pharaoh, king of Egypt. I will break both his arms, the healthy one and the broken one. I will make the sword fall from his hand.
Commentaries on Job 22:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9The arms of the fatherless - Whatever strength or power or property they had, of that thou hast deprived them. Thou hast been hard-hearted and cruel, and hast enriched thyself with the spoils of the poor and the defenceless.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Thou hast sent widows away empty - That is, without regarding their needs, and without doing anything to mitigate their sorrows. The oppression of the widow and the fatherless is, in the Scriptures, every where regarded as a crime of special magnitude; see the notes at Isaiah 1:17. The arms of the fatherless have been broken - Thou hast taken away all that they relied on. Thou hast oppressed them and taken advantage of their weak and defenseless condition…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. 9The Old Testament assigns Israel the duty of caring for widows and the fatherless (Deuteronomy 10:18; 14:29). It often condemns neglecting them as the worst evil against society (Exodus 22:22–24; Deuteronomy 27:19). Job agreed that neglecting them was wrong but claimed he was innocent (Job 24:3, 21; 29:12–13; 31:16–18, 21).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. empty--without their wants being relieved (Ge 31:42). The Mosaic law especially protected the widow and fatherless (Ex 22:22); the violation of it in their case by the great is a complaint of the prophets (Is 1:17). arms--supports, helps, on which one leans (Ho 7:15). Thou hast robbed them of their only stay. Job replies in Job 29:11-16.Read the comment
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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
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