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Job 22:9

Conservative English Version

You have turned away widows and have broken the arms of orphans.

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Sinners take advantage of widows and other helpless women.

They cheat orphans and widows by taking their donkeys and oxen.

If I have ever raised my arm to threaten an orphan when the power was mine,

Why, you would sell an orphan or your own neighbor!

Now break the arms of all merciless people. Punish them for doing wrong and make them stop.

The wicked will lose all of their power, but the LORD gives strength to everyone who is good.

They murder widows, foreigners, and orphans.

and learn to live right. See that justice is done. Defend widows and orphans and help those in need."

Your leaders have rejected me to become friends of crooks; your rulers are looking for gifts and bribes. Widows and orphans never get a fair trial.

that let you cheat the poor and needy and rob widows and orphans.

My decision is final-- your army will be crushed, and your power broken.

None of you honor your parents, and you cheat foreigners, orphans, and widows.

So tell him that I am now his worst enemy. I will break both his arms--the good one and the broken one! His sword will drop from his hand forever,

The LORD All-Powerful said: I'm now on my way to judge you. And I will quickly condemn all who practice witchcraft or cheat in marriage or tell lies in court or rob workers of their pay or mistreat widows and orphans or steal the property of foreigners or refuse to respect me.




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