Job 22 · Verse 6

Job 22:6

For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Job 22:6, King James Version

Job 22:6 in other translations

BSBFor you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
WEBFor you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
ASVFor thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.
YLTFor thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.
DARBYFor thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.
BBEFor you have taken your brother's goods when he was not in your debt, and have taken away the clothing of those who have need of it.
WebsterFor thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for naught, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

What does Job 22:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. The crimes alleged, on a harsh inference, by Eliphaz against Job are such as he would think likely to be committed by a rich man. The Mosaic law (Ex 22:26; De 24:10) subsequently embodied the feeling that existed among the godly in Job's time against oppression of debtors as to their pledges. Here the case is not quite the same; Job is charged with taking a pledge where he had no just claim to it; and in the second clause, that pledge (the outer garment which served the poor as a covering by day and a bed by night) is represented as taken from one who had not "changes of raiment" (a common constituent of wealth in the East), but was poorly clad--"naked" (Mt 25:36; Jas 2:15); a sin the more heinous in a rich man like Job.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 Thou hast taken a pledge - Thou hast been vexatious in all thy doings, and hast exacted where nothing was due, so that through thee the poor have been unable to procure their necessary clothing.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 22:5-14

Eliphaz brought heavy charges against Job, without reason for his accusations, except that Job was visited as he supposed God always visited every wicked man. He charges him with oppression, and that he did harm with his wealth and power in the time of his prosperity.

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Job 22:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
תַחְבֹּ֣לtach.Bolyou have held in pledgeH2254
אַחֶ֣יךָ'a.Chei.khabrothers yourH251
חִנָּ֑םchi.Namwithout causeH2600
וּבִגְדֵ֖יu.vig.Deiand [the] garments ofH899
עֲרוּמִּ֣ים'a.ru.Mimnaked [people]H6174
תַּפְשִֽׁיט\׃taf.Shityou have stripped offH6584

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 22:6

  • Exodus 22:26

    If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:

  • Ezekiel 18:12

    Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,

  • Ezekiel 18:16

    Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,

  • Deuteronomy 24:10-18

    When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee. And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge: In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the Lord thy God. …

  • Job 24:3

    They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

  • Job 24:9-10

    They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor. They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;

  • Job 31:19-20

    If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

  • Deuteronomy 24:6

    No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.

  • Ezekiel 18:7

    And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

  • Amos 2:8

    And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For thou.
24:3,9; Ex 22:26; De 24:10-18; Eze 18:7,12,16; Am 2:8
stripped, etc. Heb. stripped the clothes of the naked.
24:10; 31:19,20

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Context

  • Job 22:5

    Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?

  • Job 22:6

    For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

  • Job 22:7

    Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

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Job 22:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque sacaste prenda á tus hermanos sin causa, é hiciste desnudar las ropas de los desnudos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car sans cause tu as pris un gage de ton frère, et tu as dépouillé de leurs vêtements ceux qui étaient nus.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn du pfändetest deinen Bruder ohne Ursache, und die Kleider der Nackten zogest du aus;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Abstulisti enim pignus fratrum tuorum sine causa, et nudos spoliasti vestibus.