New International Version
Job 22:9
9And you sent widows away empty-handed and broke the strength of the fatherless.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You must have sent widows away empty-handed and crushed the hopes of orphans.
Context of Job 22:9
7You gave no water to the weary and you withheld food from the hungry, 8though you were a powerful man, owning land— an honored man, living on it. And you sent widows away empty-handed and broke the strength of the fatherless. 10That is why snares are all around you, why sudden peril terrifies you, 11why it is so dark you cannot see, and why 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 and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
- Job 29:12because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist them.
- Job 31:16“If I have denied the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow grow weary,
- Exodus 22:21“Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner, for you were foreigners in Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 27:19“Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”
- Psalms 94:6They slay the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
- Isaiah 1:17Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.
- Isaiah 10:2to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless.
- Ezekiel 22:7In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the foreigner and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.
- Malachi 3:5“So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners among you of justice, but do not fear me,” says the Lord Almighty.
- Luke 18:3And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’
- Psalms 10:15Break the arm of the wicked man; call the evildoer to account for his wickedness that would not otherwise be found out.
- Psalms 37:17for the power of the wicked will be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous.
- Ezekiel 30:22Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break both his arms, the good arm as well as the broken one, and 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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