Tree of Life Version
Job 22:7
7You gave the weary no water to drink and from the hungry you withhold bread,
Job 22:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
- New International Version (NIV)You gave no water to the weary and you withheld food from the hungry,
- English Standard Version (ESV)You have given no water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You have not given the weary water to drink, And you have withheld bread from the hungry.
Context of Job 22:7
5Is not your wickedness great, and is there no end to your iniquity? 6For you took pledges from your brothers for no reason; you stripped the naked of their clothing. You gave the weary no water to drink and from the hungry you withhold bread, 8Though you were a mighty man, owning land— an honored man living on it. 9You sent widows away empty-handed and crushed the arms of orphans.
Read all of Job 22Job 22:7 word by word
לֹא־מַ֭יִם עָיֵ֣ף תַּשְׁקֶ֑ה וּ֝מֵרָעֵ֗ב תִּֽמְנַֽע־לָֽחֶם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 22:7
- Job 31:17if I ate my morsel of bread myself, without letting an orphan eat of it
- Deuteronomy 15:7“If there is a poor man among you—any of your brothers within any of your gates in your land that Adonai your God is giving you—you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother.
- Psalms 112:9He gives freely to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn is lifted high in honor.
- Proverbs 11:24One gives freely, yet gains even more. Another withholds unjustly, and comes to poverty.
- Proverbs 19:17One who is kind to the poor lends to Adonai, and Adonai will reward him for his good deed.
- Isaiah 58:7Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the homeless poor into your house? When you see the naked, to cover him, and not hide yourself from your own flesh and blood?
- Ezekiel 18:7He does not wrong anyone, returns his pledge for a debt, does not commit robbery, gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment.
- Matthew 25:42For I was hungry and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink;
- Romans 12:20Rather, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For by doing so you will heap coals of fire upon his head.”
Commentaries on Job 22:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Thou hast not given water - It was esteemed a great virtue in the East to furnish thirsty travelers with water; especially in the deserts, where scarcely a stream was to be found, and where wells were very rare. Some of the Indian devotees are accustomed to stand with a girbah or skin full of water, on the public roads, to give drink to weary travelers who are parched with thirst.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Thou hast not given water to the weary - That is, thou hast withheld the rites of hospitality - one of the most grievous offences which could be charged on an Arabian; compare the notes at Isaiah 21:14. In all the Oriental world, hospitality was regarded, and is still, as a duty of the highest obligation.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
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Hospitality to the weary traveller is regarded in the East as a primary duty (Is 21:14).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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