Job 22:4-11
Christian Standard Bible
4 Does he correct you and take you to court
because of your piety?(A)
5 Isn’t your wickedness abundant
and aren’t your iniquities endless?
6 For you took collateral(B) from your brothers without cause,
stripping off their clothes and leaving them naked.
7 You gave no water to the thirsty
and withheld food from the famished,(C)
8 while the land belonged to a powerful man
and an influential man lived on it.
9 You sent widows away empty-handed,
and the strength of the fatherless(D) was[a] crushed.
10 Therefore snares surround you,
and sudden dread terrifies(E) you,
11 or darkness, so you cannot see,
and a flood of water covers you.(F)
Footnotes
- 22:9 LXX, Syr, Vg, Tg read you have
Job 22:4-11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 Is it for your piety that he reproves you
and enters into judgment with you?(A)
5 Is not your wickedness great?
There is no end to your iniquities.(B)
6 For you have exacted pledges from your family for no reason
and stripped the naked of their clothing.(C)
7 You have given no water to the weary to drink,
and you have withheld bread from the hungry.(D)
8 The powerful possess the land,
and the favored live in it.
9 You have sent widows away empty-handed,
and the arms of the orphans you have crushed.[a](E)
10 Therefore snares are around you,
and sudden terror overwhelms you,
11 or darkness so that you cannot see;
a flood of water covers you.(F)
Footnotes
- 22.9 Gk Syr Tg Vg: Heb were crushed
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