Job 22

Job · Chapter 22

Job 22:7

1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,2Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?4Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?5Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.7Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.9Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.10Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;11Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.12Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!13And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?14Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.15Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?16Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:17Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?18Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.19The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.20Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.22Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.24Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.25Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.26For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.27Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.28Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.29When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.30He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
7Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
notלֹא־lo'-H3808
not

לֹא (lo) 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time) Aramaic equivalent: la (לָא "not" H3809)

waterמַ֭יִםMA-yimH4325G
water

מַי (ma.yim) 1) water, waters 1a) water 1b) water of the feet, urine 1c) of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.)

[the] wearyעָיֵ֣ף'a-YEFH5889
faint

עָיֵף (a.yeph) faint, exhausted, weary

you have given to drinkתַּשְׁקֶ֑הtash-KEHH8248H
to water: watering

שָׁקָה (sha.qah) : watering(ANIMALS/PLANTS) 1) to give to drink, irrigate, drink, water, cause to drink water 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to water, irrigate 1a2) to water, give drink to 1b) (Pual) to be watered 1c) (Niphal) variant

and from [the] hungryוּ֝מֵרָעֵ֗בu-me-ra-'EVH7457
hungry

רָעֵב (ra.ev) 1) hungry 1a) hungry 1b) hungry man (subst) 1c) of failing strength (fig)

you have withheldתִּֽמְנַֽע־tim-na'-H4513
to withhold

מָנַע (ma.na) 1) to withhold, hold back, keep back, refrain, deny, keep restrain, hinder 1a) (Qal) to withhold 1b) (Niphal) to be withheld

breadלָֽחֶם׃LA-chemH3899H
food

לֶ֫חֶם (le.chem) : food(eating) 1) bread, food, grain 1a) bread 1a1) bread 1a2) bread-corn 1b) food (in general)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.