Job 22:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.”
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“You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 22:9 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 22:21You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 27:19‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- Job 24:3They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
- Job 24:21They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.
- Job 29:12because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
- Job 31:16If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
- Job 31:21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
- 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 37:17For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
- Psalms 94:6They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
- Isaiah 1:17Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
- 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.
- 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.
- Ezekiel 22:7Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
- 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.
- 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 their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Luke 18:3And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
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