Job 22:9

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

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8For it was the man with power who had the land, and the man with an honoured name who was living in it.

10For this cause nets are round your feet, and you are overcome with sudden fear.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 27:19Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.

Job 24:21He is not kind to the widow, and he has no pity for her child.

Job 31:16If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;

Psalms 10:15Let the arm of the sinner and the evil-doer be broken; go on searching for his sin till there is no more.

Psalms 94:6They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;

Isaiah 1:23Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.

Matthew Henry on Job 22:6-15

Job Accused of Various Crimes. ( b. c. 1520.) 5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? 6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. 7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. 8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. 10 Therefore snares are round about thee,… Read the whole commentary →

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