JOB 22:7

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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

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Job 22:7 Translation & Meaning

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Thou hast not לֹא Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles not
given water מַ֭יִם Water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen given water
to the weary עָיֵ֣ף Languid weary
to drink, תַּשְׁקֶ֑ה To quaff, i.e., (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to drink
and thou hast withholden תִּֽמְנַֽע To debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury withholden
bread לָֽחֶם׃ Food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it) bread
from the hungry. וּ֝מֵרָעֵ֗ב Hungry (more or less intensely) hungry

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  • 5  Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?

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

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

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

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




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