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Job 22:6 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Job 22:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 22:67 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
תַחְבֹּ֣לtaḥəbōl
you have held in pledgeverbH2254
at all · bring forth · corrupt · destroy ···
אַחֶ֣י/ךָʾaḥeykā
brothers yournounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
חִנָּ֑םḥinām
without causeadvH2600
wages) · causeless · to cost nothing · free ···
וּ/בִגְדֵ֖יwbigədēy
and the garments ofconjH899
cloth(-es · ing) · garment · lap ···
עֲרוּמִּ֣יםʿărwmiym
naked peopleadjH6174
תַּפְשִֽׁיטtapəšiyṭ
you have stripped offverbH6584
flay · invade · make an invasion · pull off ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 16 §5
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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