Verse 7
Job 22:7
New King James Version
7
Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לֹא מַ֭יִם עָיֵ֣ף תַּשְׁקֶ֑ה וּ֝/מֵ/רָעֵ֗ב תִּֽמְנַֽע לָֽחֶם
English Translation
Do not water the weary, and do not withhold bread from the hungry.
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Chapter 22 Context
1
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
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Can a man be profitable unto God (Elohim), as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
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Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or
is it gain
to him that thou makest t...
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Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
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Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
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For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
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Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
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But
as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
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Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
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10
Therefore snares
are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
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11
Or darkness,
that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
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12
Is not God (Elohim) in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
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And thou sayest, How doth God (Elohim) know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
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14
Thick clouds
are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
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Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
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Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
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Which said unto God (Elohim), Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
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Yet he filled their houses with good
things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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The righteous see
it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
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Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
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21
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
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22
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
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23
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy ta...
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Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the
gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
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Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
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For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God (Elohim).
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Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
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Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upo...
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When
men are cast down, then thou shalt say,
There is
lifting up; and he shall save the humble pers...
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He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
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