Job 22:6
Surely then hast been wont to put thy brother in pledge, for nothing, and, the garments of the ill-clad, hast thou stripped off:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 wickedness, great? and, without end, [are not] thine iniquities?
7No water—to the weary, hast thou given to drink, and, from the hungry, thou hast withheld bread:
Cross References
Exodus 22:26If thou, do take in pledge, the mantle of thy neighbour, by the going in of the sun, shalt thou restore it to him;
Deuteronomy 24:10When thou lendest thy neighbour a loan of anything, thou shalt not enter into his house to secure his pledge:
Job 24:3The ass of the fatherless, they drive off, they take in pledge the ox of the widow;
Job 29:12Because I used to deliver the oppressed who was crying out for aid, the fatherless also, and him that had no helper;
Job 31:20If his loins did not bless me, or if, with the fleece of my lambs, he did not warm himself;
Ezekiel 18:12The oppressed and the needy, hath treated with violence, Hath ruthlessly plundered, The pledge, hath not restored, But unto the manufactured gods, hath lifted up his eyes, Abomination, hath wrought;
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 →