New King James Version
Job 6:27
27Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless, And you undermine your friend.
Job 6:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
- New International Version (NIV)You would even cast lots for the fatherless and barter away your friend.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You would even cast lots over the fatherless, and bargain over your friend.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You would even send an orphan into slavery or sell a friend.
Context of Job 6:27
25How forceful are right words! But what does your arguing prove? 26Do you intend to rebuke my words, And the speeches of a desperate one, which are as wind? Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless, And you undermine your friend. 28Now therefore, be pleased to look at me; For I would never lie to your face. 29Yield now, let there be no injustice! Yes, concede, my righteousness still stands!
Read all of Job 6Job 6:27 word by word
אַף־עַל־יָת֥וֹם תַּפִּ֑ילוּ וְ֝תִכְר֗וּ עַל־רֵֽיעֲכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 6:27
- Job 22:9You have sent widows away empty, And the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
- Job 24:3They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; They take the widow’s ox as a pledge.
- Job 29:12Because I delivered the poor who cried out, The fatherless and the one who had no helper.
- Job 31:17Or eaten my morsel by myself, So that the fatherless could not eat of it
- Exodus 22:22“You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.
- Psalms 82:3Defend the poor and fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and needy.
- Proverbs 23:10Do not remove the ancient landmark, Nor enter the fields of the fatherless;
- Ezekiel 22:7In you they have made light of father and mother; in your midst they have oppressed the stranger; in you they have mistreated the fatherless and the widow.
- Malachi 3:5And I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness Against sorcerers, Against adulterers, Against perjurers, Against those who exploit wage earners and widows and orphans, And against those who turn away an alien— Because they do not fear Me,” Says the Lord of hosts.
- James 1:27Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
- Psalms 7:15He made a pit and dug it out, And has fallen into the ditch which he made.
- Psalms 57:6They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down; They have dug a pit before me; Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah
- Jeremiah 18:20Shall evil be repaid for good? For they have dug a pit for my life. Remember that I stood before You To speak good for them, To turn away Your wrath from them.
Commentaries on Job 6:27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Ye overwhelm the fatherless - Ye see that I am as destitute as the most miserable orphan; would ye overwhelm such a one? and would you dig a pit for your friend - do ye lay wait for me, and endeavor to entangle me in my talk? I believe this to be the spirit of Job's words.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless - Job undoubtedly means that this should be applied to himself. He complains that they took advantage of his words, that they were disposed to pervert his meaning, and unkindly distorted what he said. The word rendered” fatherless” יתום yâthôm properly denotes an orphan; Exodus 22:22; Deuteronomy 10:18; Deuteronomy 14:29. But it is possible that it is not to be taken in this limited signification here. The word is still…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-30Verses 14-30 In his prosperity Job formed great expectations from his friends, but now was disappointed. This he compares to the failing of brooks in summer. Those who rest their expectations on the creature, will find it fail when it should help them; whereas those who make God their confidence, have help in the time of need, He 4:16. Those who make gold their hope, sooner or later will be ashamed of it, and of their confidence in it. It is our wisdom to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27even cast lots for an orphan: Job once protected orphans (31:17, 21). He used a common saying to show his counselors' lack of compassion for those who had no one to defend them (see 17:5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. literally, "ye cause" (supply, "your anger") [Umbreit], a net, namely, of sophistry [Noyes and Schuttens], to fall upon the desolate (one bereft of help, like the fatherless orphan); and ye dig (a pit) for your friend--that is, try to ensnare him, to catch him in the use of unguarded language [Noyes]. (Psa 57:6); metaphor from hunters catching wild beasts in a pit covered with brushwood to conceal it. Umbreit from the Syriac, and answering to his…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 6
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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