“You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.”
— WEB
Job 22:9
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.”
— KJV
“Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.”
— ASV
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Commentary
empty--without their wants being relieved (Gen 31:42). The Mosaic law especially protected the widow and fatherless (Exo 22:22); the violation of it in their case by the great is a complaint of the prophets (Isa 1:17). arms--supports, helps, on which one leans (Hos 7:15). Thou hast robbed them of their only stay. Job replies in Job 29:11-16.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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