Job 22 · Verse 9

Job 22:9

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 other translations

BSBYou sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
WEBYou have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
ASVThou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
YLTWidows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.
DARBYWidows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
BBEYou have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.
WebsterThou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

What does Job 22:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. empty--without their wants being relieved (Ge 31:42). The Mosaic law especially protected the widow and fatherless (Ex 22:22); the violation of it in their case by the great is a complaint of the prophets (Is 1:17). arms--supports, helps, on which one leans (Ho 7:15). Thou hast robbed them of their only stay. Job replies in Job 29:11-16.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 The arms of the fatherless - Whatever strength or power or property they had, of that thou hast deprived them. Thou hast been hard-hearted and cruel, and hast enriched thyself with the spoils of the poor and the defenceless.

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 22:9 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.

אַ֭לְמָנוֹת'Al.ma.notwidowsH490
שִׁלַּ֣חְתָּshi.Lach.tayou have sent awayH7971
רֵיקָ֑םrei.Kamwith empty handsH7387
וּזְרֹע֖וֹתu.ze.ro.'otand [the] arms ofH2220
יְתֹמִ֣יםye.to.Mimfatherless onesH3490
יְדֻכָּֽא\׃ye.du.Ka'it has been crushedH1792

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

Cross references for Job 22:9

  • Job 24:21

    He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

  • Ezekiel 22:7

    In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.

  • Job 24:3

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

  • Isaiah 10:2

    To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

  • Job 31:21

    If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

  • Deuteronomy 27:19

    Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Job 29:12-13

    Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

  • Ezekiel 30:22

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.

  • Psalms 37:17

    For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord upholdeth the righteous.

  • Isaiah 1:17

    Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

  • Psalms 94:6

    They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

  • Exodus 22:21-24

    Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
widows.
24:3,21; 29:12,13; 31:16-18,21; Ex 22:21-24; De 27:19; Ps 94:6
Isa 1:17,23; 10:2; Eze 22:7; Mal 3:5; Lu 18:3-5
arms.
Ps 10:15; 37:17; Eze 30:22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 22:8

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

  • Job 22:9

    Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

  • Job 22:10

    Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

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Job 22:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Las viudas enviaste vacías, y los brazos de los huérfanos fueron quebrados.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tu as renvoyé les veuves à vide, et les bras des orphelins ont été écrasés.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Die Witwe schicktest du leer fort, und die Arme der Waisen wurden zermalmt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Viduas dimisisti vacuas, et lacertos pupillorum comminuisti.