Job 22 · Verse 7

Job 22:7

Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
Job 22:7, King James Version

Job 22:7 in other translations

BSBYou gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,
WEBYou haven’t given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
ASVThou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
YLTThou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.
DARBYThou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
BBEYou do not give water to the tired traveller, and from him who has no food you keep back bread.
WebsterThou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withheld bread from the hungry.

What does Job 22:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. Hospitality to the weary traveller is regarded in the East as a primary duty (Is 21:14).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Thou hast not given water - It was esteemed a great virtue in the East to furnish thirsty travelers with water; especially in the deserts, where scarcely a stream was to be found, and where wells were very rare. Some of the Indian devotees are accustomed to stand with a girbah or skin full of water, on the public roads, to give drink to weary travelers who are parched with thirst.

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 22:7 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.

לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
מַ֭יִםMa.yimwaterH4325
עָיֵ֣ף'a.Yef[the] wearyH5889
תַּשְׁקֶ֑הtash.Kehyou have given to drinkH8248
וּ֝מֵרָעֵ֗בu.me.ra.'Evand from [the] hungryH7457
תִּֽמְנַֽע\־tim.na'-you have withheldH4513
לָֽחֶם\׃La.chembreadH3899

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

Cross references for Job 22:7

  • Job 31:17

    Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

  • Isaiah 58:7

    Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

  • Matthew 25:42

    For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

  • 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,

  • 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;

  • Proverbs 19:17

    He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

  • Deuteronomy 15:7-11

    If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee. Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. …

  • Proverbs 11:24-25

    There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

  • Isaiah 58:10

    And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:

  • Psalms 112:9

    He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.

  • Romans 12:20

    Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

  • Job 31:31

    If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
not given.
31:17; De 15:7-11; Ps 112:9; Pr 11:24,25; 19:17; Isa 58:7,10
Eze 18:7,16; Mt 25:42; Ro 12:20

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Context

  • 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.

  • Job 22:8

    But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.

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Job 22:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
No diste de beber agua al cansado, y detuviste el pan al hambriento.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Tu n’as pas donné d’eau à boire à celui qui défaillait de soif, et tu as refusé du pain à celui qui avait faim;
German
Elberfelder 1871
den Lechzenden tränktest du nicht mit Wasser, und dem Hungrigen verweigertest du das Brot.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Aquam lasso non dedisti, et esurienti subtraxisti panem.