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
Job 22:4-11
Common English Bible
4 Does he rebuke you for your piety,
bring you in for judgment?
5 Isn’t your wickedness massive,
your iniquity endless?
6 You have taken payments from your family for no reason;
stripped the naked, leaving no clothes;
7 denied water to the thirsty,
withheld bread from the starving.
(8 The powerful own land;
the favored live in it.)
9 You have sent widows away empty;
crushed orphans’ resources.
10 For this reason, snares surround you;
sudden dread brings panic to you
11 or a darkness that you can’t see;
rushing water will cover you.
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