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Job 22:7 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.


Job 22:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 22:77 words
HebrewMeaning
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
מַ֭יִםmayim
waternounH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
עָיֵ֣ףʿāyēp
the wearyadjH5889
thirsty · weary
תַּשְׁקֶ֑הtašəqeh
you have given to drinkverbH8248
give to · let · make to) drink · drown ···
וּ֝/מֵ/רָעֵ֗בwmērāʿēb
and from the hungryconjH7457
hungry
תִּֽמְנַֽעtimənaʿ
you have withheldverbH4513
keep · refrain · restrain · withhold
לָֽחֶםlāḥem
breadnounH3899
eat · food · fruit · loaf ···
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 22:7

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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