Is it because of your [a]reverence that He punishes you,
That He (A)enters into judgment against you?
Is (B)your wickedness not abundant,
And is there no end to your guilty deeds?
For you have (C)seized pledges from your brothers without cause,
And [b](D)stripped people naked.
You have (E)given the weary no water to drink,
And you have (F)withheld bread from the hungry.
But the earth (G)belongs to the (H)powerful man,
And (I)the one who is honorable dwells on it.
You have sent (J)widows away empty,
And the [c]strength of (K)orphans has been crushed.
10 Therefore (L)traps surround you,
And sudden (M)dread terrifies you,
11 Or (N)darkness, so that you cannot see,
And a (O)flood of water covers you.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 22:4 Or fear
  2. Job 22:6 Lit stripped clothing of the naked
  3. Job 22:9 Lit arms

Is it [a]for thy fear of him that he reproveth thee,
That he entereth with thee into judgment?
Is not thy wickedness great?
Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.
For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought,
And stripped the naked of their clothing.
Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink,
And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
But as for [b]the mighty man, he had the [c]earth;
And [d]the honorable man, he dwelt in it.
Thou hast sent widows away empty,
And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
10 Therefore snares are round about thee,
And sudden fear troubleth thee,
11 [e]Or darkness, so that thou canst not see,
And abundance of waters cover thee.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 22:4 Or, for fear of thee
  2. Job 22:8 Hebrew the man of arm.
  3. Job 22:8 Or, land
  4. Job 22:8 Hebrew he whose person is accepted.
  5. Job 22:11 Or, Or dost thou not see the darkness, And the flood of waters that covereth thee?