Job 22:7 “You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,”

Job 22:7

You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

World English Bible

You haven’t given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

American Standard Version

Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

Geneva Bible 1599

To such as were wearie, thou hast not giuen water to drinke, and hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie.

Darby Translation

Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

Young's Literal Translation

Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.

Bible in Basic English

You do not give water to the tired traveller, and from him who has no food you keep back bread.

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Cross references

“not given”

Job 31:17 Isaiah 58:7 Matthew 25:42 Ezekiel 18:7 Ezekiel 18:16 Deuteronomy 15:7–11

Job 31:17 · BSB

if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—

Isaiah 58:7 · BSB

Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

Matthew 25:42 · BSB

For I was hungry and you gave Me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink,

Ezekiel 18:7 · BSB

He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

Ezekiel 18:16 · BSB

He does not oppress another, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

Deuteronomy 15:7–11 · BSB

If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.

Also

Job 31:31

Job 31:31 · BSB

if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.

8while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.

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