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Is it for your piety that he reproves you,
    that he enters with you into judgment?
Isn’t your wickedness great?
    Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing,
    and stripped the naked of their clothing.
You haven’t given water to the weary to drink,
    and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth.
    The honorable man, he lived in it.
You have sent widows away empty,
    and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
10 Therefore snares are around you.
    Sudden fear troubles you,
11 or darkness, so that you can not see,
    and floods of waters cover you.

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Will he acquit you just because you fear him,
    and render a verdict on your behalf?
Your wickedness is great, isn’t it?
    There’s no limit to your iniquity, is there?

“After all, you’ve taken collateral from your relatives for no reason;
    you stripped the naked of their clothing.[a]
You’ve neglected to give water to the weary,[b]
    and you’ve withheld food from the hungry.
The land belongs to the powerful,
    and the privileged[c] thrive in it.
You sent away widows empty-handed,
    and broke the outstretched arms of orphans.
10 That’s why disaster surrounds you,
    terror suddenly overwhelms you,
11 you see nothing but darkness,
    and a flood of troubles[d] drowns you.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 22:6 I.e. in exchange for a short-term loan
  2. Job 22:7 MT has cause the weary to drink
  3. Job 22:8 Lit. who lifts the face
  4. Job 22:11 The Heb. lacks of troubles