Job 22:6
For you have demanded guarantee of a loan from your brother for no reason, 1 and you have stripped away clothing from the naked. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 your wickedness great? 1 Is there no end to your iniquities? 1
7You have not given water to weary people to drink; 1 you have withheld bread from hungry people 1
Cross References
Exodus 22:26If you take your neighbor's garment in pledge, you must return it to him before the sun goes down,
Deuteronomy 24:10When you make your neighbor any kind of loan, you must not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
Job 24:3They drive away the donkey of those without fathers; 1 they take the widow's ox as security. 1
Job 29:12because I rescued the one who was poor when he cried out, 1 and the one who had no father when he had no one to help him. 1
Job 31:20if his heart has not blessed me 1 because he has not been warmed with the wool of my sheep, 1
Ezekiel 18:12This man oppresses the poor and needy, and he seizes and robs, and he does not return a pledge, and he lifts up his eyes to the idols and commits disgusting actions,
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 →