Job 22:6
For thou hast taken the pledge from thy brother for nought, and spoyled the clothes of the naked.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 wickednes great, and thine iniquities innumerable?
Cross References
Exodus 22:26If thou take thy neighbours rayment to pledge, thou shalt restore it vnto him before the sunne go downe:
Deuteronomy 24:10Whe thou shalt aske again of thy neighbour any thing lent, thou shalt not goe into his house to fet his pledge.
Job 24:3They leade away the asse of the fatherles: and take the widowes oxe to pledge.
Job 29:12For I deliuered the poore that cryed, and the fatherlesse, and him that had none to helpe him.
Job 31:20If his loynes haue not blessed me, because he was warmed with the fleece of my sheepe,
Ezekiel 18:12Or hath oppressed the poore and needy, or hath spoyled by violence, or hath not restored the pledge, or hath lift vp his eyes vnto the idoles, or hath committed abomination,
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 →