treating evil the barren who does not bear, and does no good for the widow.
Job 22:9 - The Scriptures 2009 You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless are crushed. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You have sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. American Standard Version (1901) Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken. Common English Bible You have sent widows away empty; crushed orphans’ resources. Catholic Public Domain Version You have sent widows away empty, and you have crushed the shoulders of orphans. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou hast sent widows away empty: and the arms of the fatherless thou hast broken in pieces. |
treating evil the barren who does not bear, and does no good for the widow.
they drive away the donkey of the fatherless; they take the widow’s ox as a pledge;
if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, when I saw I had help in the gate;
You would cast lots over the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend!
Shin Break the arm of the wrong one and the evil one; Search out his wrongness that would not be found out.
For the arms of the wrongdoers are broken, But יהוה sustains the righteous.
“Learn to do good! Seek right-ruling, reprove the oppressor, defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Your rulers are stubborn, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and runs after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow reach them.
to keep the needy back from right-ruling, and to take what is right from the poor of My people, that widows become their prey, and orphans their plunder.
“The horn of Mo’aḇ has been cut off, and his arm has been broken,” declares יהוה.
“They have despised father and mother within you. They have oppressed the stranger in your midst. They have wronged the fatherless and the widow within you.
“Therefore thus said the Master יהוה, ‘See, I am against Pharaoh sovereign of Mitsrayim, and shall break his arms, both the strong one and the one that was broken, and shall make the sword fall out of his hand,
“And I shall draw near to you for right-ruling. And I shall be a swift witness against the practisers of witchcraft, and against adulterers, and against them that swear to falsehood, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages and widows and the fatherless, and those who turn away a sojourner and do not fear Me,” said יהוה of hosts.
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you eat up widows’ houses, and for a show make long prayers. Because of this you shall receive greater judgment.
Cursed is he who twists the right-ruling of the stranger, the fatherless, and widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕn!’