Job 6:27
אַף ־ עַל ־ יָתוֹם תַּפִּילוּ וְתִכְרוּ עַל ־ רֵֽיעֲכֶֽם ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
In Context
26הַלְהוֹכַח מִלִּים תַּחְשֹׁבוּ וּלְרוּחַ אִמְרֵי נֹאָֽשׁ ׃
28וְעַתָּה הוֹאִילוּ פְנוּ ־ בִי וְעַל ־ פְּנֵיכֶם אִם ־ אֲכַזֵּֽב ׃
Cross References
Exodus 22:21כָּל ־ אַלְמָנָה וְיָתוֹם לֹא תְעַנּֽוּן ׃
Job 22:9אַלְמָנוֹת שִׁלַּחְתָּ רֵיקָם וּזְרֹעוֹת יְתֹמִים יְדֻכָּֽא ׃
Job 24:9יִגְזְלוּ מִשֹּׁד יָתוֹם וְֽעַל ־ עָנִי יַחְבֹּֽלוּ ׃
Job 31:17וְאֹכַל פִּתִּי לְבַדִּי וְלֹא ־ אָכַל יָתוֹם מִמֶּֽנָּה ׃
Psalms 7:15הִנֵּה יְחַבֶּל ־ אָוֶן וְהָרָה עָמָל וְיָלַד שָֽׁקֶר ׃
Psalms 82:3שִׁפְטוּ ־ דַל וְיָתוֹם עָנִי וָרָשׁ הַצְדִּֽיקוּ ׃
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 →