Job 22:9 “You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless…”

Job 22:9

You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou hast cast out widowes emptie, and the armes of the fatherles were broken.

Darby Translation

Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Young's Literal Translation

Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.

Bible in Basic English

You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.

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Cross references

“widows”

Job 24:3 Job 24:21 Ezekiel 22:7 Job 31:21 Isaiah 10:2 Job 31:16–18

Job 24:3 · BSB

They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.

Job 24:21 · BSB

They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.

Ezekiel 22:7 · BSB

Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.

Job 31:21 · BSB

if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,

Isaiah 10:2 · BSB

to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.

Job 31:16–18 · BSB

If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,

“arms”

Psalm 10:15 Psalm 37:17 Ezekiel 30:22

Psalm 10:15 · BSB

Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.

Psalm 37:17 · BSB

For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

Ezekiel 30:22 · BSB

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken, and will make the sword fall from his hand.

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

In context

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

10Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;

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