Job 22:6
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brothers for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
In Context
5Is not thy evil great? and no end to thy iniquities?
7Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and from the hungry thou hast withholden bread.
Cross References
Exodus 22:26(22:25) If thou take at all thy neighbor's raiment in pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him by the time the sun goeth down;
Deuteronomy 24:10When thou dost lend thy brother any thing as a loan, thou shalt not go into his house to take his pledge.
Job 24:3They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take in pledge the widow's ox.
Job 29:12Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, yea, that had none to help him.
Job 31:20If his loins have not blessed me, and if he have not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
Ezekiel 18:12The poor and needy he over-reacheth, he is guilty of robberies, the pledge he restoreth not, and to the idols he lifteth up his eyes, abominations he committeth:
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 →