Job 22:9 - New Revised Standard Version You have sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you have crushed. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
They drive away the donkey of the orphan; they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
if I have raised my hand against the orphan, because I saw I had supporters at the gate;
You would even cast lots over the orphan, and bargain over your friend.
Break the arm of the wicked and evildoers; seek out their wickedness until you find none.
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous.
learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow.
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.
to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be your spoil, and that you may make the orphans your prey!
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.
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.
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.
“Cursed be anyone who deprives the alien, the orphan, and the widow of justice.” All the people shall say, “Amen!”