Job 22:9

In 11 translations

BSB

You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

KJV

Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

WEB

You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

ASV

Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

LSV

You have sent widows away empty, || And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.

YLT

Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.

DBY

Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

DRC

Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless thou hast broken in pieces.

GNV

Thou hast cast out widowes emptie, and the armes of the fatherles were broken.

JPS

Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

LXXE

But thou hast sent widows away empty, and hast afflicted orphans.

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WLC

אַ֭לְמָנוֹת שִׁלַּ֣חְתָּ רֵיקָ֑ם וּזְרֹע֖וֹת יְתֹמִ֣ים יְדֻכָּֽא׃

LXX-Br

Χήρας δὲ ἐξαπέστειλας κενὰς, ὀρφανοὺς δὲ ἐκάκωσας.

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• Job 24:3They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
• Ezekiel 22:7Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
• Job 24:21They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.
• Isaiah 10:2to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.
• Job 31:21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
• Job 31:16–18If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail, if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless— though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my…
• Ezekiel 30:22Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken, and will make the sword fall from his hand.
• Job 29:12–13because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper. The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
• Psalms 37:17For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
• Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of…
• Luke 18:3–5And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men, yet because this…
• Psalms 10:15Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.
• Psalms 94:6They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
• Isaiah 1:23Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
• Deuteronomy 27:19‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
• Exodus 22:21–24You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt. You must not mistreat any widow or orphan. If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I…

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