Job 22:9
Good News Translation
You not only refused to help widows, but you also robbed and mistreated orphans.

New Revised Standard Version
You have sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you have crushed.

Contemporary English Version
You have turned away widows and have broken the arms of orphans.

New American Bible
You sent widows away empty-handed, and the resources of orphans are destroyed.

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

widows

Job 24:3,21 They have driven away the ass of the fatherless, and have taken away the widow's ox for a pledge. . . .

Job 29:12,13 Because I had delivered the poor man that cried out; and the fatherless, that had no helper. . . .

Job 31:16-18,21 If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait: . . .

Exodus 22:21-24 Thou shalt not molest a stranger, nor afflict him: for yourselves also were strangers in the land of Egypt. . . .

Deuteronomy 27:19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, of the fatherless and the widow: and all the people shall say: Amen.

Psalm 94:6 They have slain the widow and the stranger: and they have murdered the fatherless.

Isaiah 1:17,23 Learn to do well: seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge for the fatherless, defend the widow. . . .

Isaiah 10:2 To oppress the poor in judgment, and do violence to the cause of the humble of my people: that widows might be their prey, and that they might rob the fatherless.

Ezekiel 22:7 They have abused father and mother in thee, they have oppressed the stranger in the midst of thee, they have grieved the fatherless and widow in thee.

Malachi 3:5 And I will come to you in judgment, and will be a speedy witness against sorcerers, and adulterers, and false swearers, and them that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widows, and the fatherless: and oppress the stranger, and have not feared me, saith the Lord of hosts.

Luke 18:3-5 And there was a certain widow in that city; and she came to him, saying: Avenge me of my adversary. . . .

arms

Psalm 10:15 Break thou the arm of the sinner and of the malignant: his sin shall be sought, and shall not be found.

Psalm 37:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken in pieces; but the Lord strengtheneth the just.

Ezekiel 30:22 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I come against Pharao king of Egypt, and I will break into pieces his strong arm, which is already broken: and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand:

Context
Eliphaz Exhorts Job
8In the strength of thy arm thou didst possess the land, and being the most mighty thou holdest it. 9Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless thou hast broken in pieces.10Therefore art thou surrounded with snares, and sudden fear troubleth thee.…
Cross References
Job 6:27
You rush in upon the fatherless, and you endeavour to overthrow your friend.

Job 24:3
They have driven away the ass of the fatherless, and have taken away the widow's ox for a pledge.

Job 24:21
For he hath fed the barren that beareth not, and to the widow he hath done no good.

Job 29:13
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me, and I comforted the heart of the widow.

Job 31:16
If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:

Job 31:18
(For from my infancy mercy grew up with me: and it came out with me from my mother's womb:)

Jeremiah 48:25
The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the Lord.

Job 22:8
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