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Job 22:9 KJV
Job · chapter 22 · verse 9
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.Job 22:9 · King James Version
Job 22:9 in context
7Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
9Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
10Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
11Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- fatherlessyâthôwma bereaved personH3490 →
- widowsʼalmânâha widowH490 →
- emptyrêyqâmemptilyH7387 →
- sentshâlachto send away, for, or outH7971 →
- armszᵉrôwaʻthe arm , or the forelegH2220 →
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Eliphaz and his companions had condemned Job, in general, as a wicked man and a hypocrite; but none of them had descended to particulars, nor drawn up any articles of impeachment against him, until Eliphaz did so here, where he positively and expressly charges him with many high crimes and misdemeanours, which, if he…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-14