Maybe you loaned a brother some money\par and forced him to give you something\par to prove he would pay it back.\par Maybe you took some poor man’s clothes\par as collateral {\cf2\super [34]} for a loan.\par Maybe you did that for no reason.\par
Job 31:20 - Easy To Read Version I always gave them clothes.\par I used the wool from my own sheep\par to make them warm.\par And they blessed me with all their heart.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If his loins have not blessed me, And if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If his loins have not blessed me [for clothing them], and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep, American Standard Version (1901) If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep; Common English Bible if they haven’t blessed me fervently, or if they weren’t warmed by the wool from my sheep; Catholic Public Domain Version if his sides have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If his sides have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep: |
Maybe you loaned a brother some money\par and forced him to give you something\par to prove he would pay it back.\par Maybe you took some poor man’s clothes\par as collateral {\cf2\super [34]} for a loan.\par Maybe you did that for no reason.\par
People listened to what I said\par and then said good things about me.\par People watched what I did,\par and then they praised me.\par
The person that was dying blessed me.\par I helped widows {\cf2\super [60]} that were in need.\par
When I found people suffering\par because they didn’t have clothes,\par or a poor man with no coat,\par
I never shook my fist at an orphan\par when I saw him at the gate\par asking for help. {\cf2\super [65]} \par
I want you to share your food with the hungry people. I want you to find poor people that don’t have homes, and I want you to bring them into your own homes. When you see a man that has no clothes—give him your clothes! Don’t hide \{from helping those people\}; they are just like you.”
That good son does not take advantage of people. If a person borrows money from him, the good son takes the collateral {\cf2\super [135]} and gives the other person the money. And when that person pays him back, then the good son gives the collateral back. The good son gives food to hungry people. And he gives clothes to people that need them.
The Lord All-Powerful said these things.\par “You must do what is right and fair.\par You must be kind and merciful to each other.\par
You must give his security back to him every evening. Then he will have clothes to sleep in. He will bless you, and the Lord your God will accept this as living right and doing good.