Job 22:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁹ You have sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you have crushed.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ You have sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Common English Bible

⁹ You have sent widows away empty; crushed orphans’ resources.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ You have sent widows away empty, and you have crushed the shoulders of orphans.

Job 22:9 Cross References

Job 24:21

“They harm the childless woman and do no good to the widow.

Job 24:3

They drive away the donkey of the orphan; they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

Ezekiel 22:7

Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the alien residing within you suffers extortion; the orphan and the widow are wronged in you.

Isaiah 10:2

to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, to make widows their spoil and to plunder orphans!

Job 31:21

if I have raised my hand against the orphan because I saw I had supporters at the gate;

Malachi 3:5

Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be swift to bear witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired workers in their wages, the widow, and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the alien and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

Ezekiel 30:22

Therefore thus says the Lord God: I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, both the strong arm and the one that was broken, and I will make the sword fall from his hand.

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend the orphan, and the widow’s cause does not come before them.

Isaiah 1:17

learn to do good; seek justice; rescue the oppressed; defend the orphan; plead for the widow.

Psalm 94:6

They kill the widow and the stranger; they murder the orphan,

Psalm 37:17

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous.

Psalm 10:15

Break the arm of the wicked and evildoers; seek out their wickedness until you find none.

Deuteronomy 27:19

“ ‘Cursed be anyone who deprives an alien, an orphan, or a widow of justice.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

Job 6:27

You would even cast lots over the orphan and bargain over your friend.

Jeremiah 48:25

The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says the Lord.