“For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.”
"For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing." Eliphaz enumerates specific sins. Job has taken pledges unjustly, deprived the poor of clothing. The verse treats these accusations as established fact.
Church Fathers on Job 22:6
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. Thou hast not given water to the weary, thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. In the might of thine arm thou didst possess the land, and as the most powerful thou didst hold it. 6. In Holy Scripture by the term of ‘a pledge’ sometimes the gifts of the Holy Spirit, and sometimes the confession of sin, are denoted. Thus pledge is taken as the gift of the Holy Spirit, as…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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