Job 6:27
Yea, ye would cast [lots] upon the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
In Context
26Do ye think to reprove words, seeing that the speeches of a man who is desperate are as wind?
28Now therefore be pleased to look upon me, for truly I shall not lie to your face.
Cross References
Exodus 22:21And thou shall not wrong a sojourner, neither shall thou oppress him, for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
Job 22:9Thou have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Job 24:9There are [men] who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,
Job 31:17or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it
Psalms 7:15He has made a pit, and dug it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
Psalms 82:3Judge the poor man and the orphan. Do justice to the afflicted and destitute man.
Matthew Henry on Job 6:23-30
22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance? 23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? 24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. 25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? 26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind? 27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend. 28 Now therefore be content, look… Read the whole commentary →