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Job 22:6-8
New Catholic Bible
Job 22:6-8
New Catholic Bible
The Injustice Job Has Committed[a]
6 “You have exacted pledges from your brothers as security
and left them naked, stripped of their clothing.[b]
7 To the thirsty you offered no water to drink,
and you withheld bread from those who were starving.
8 Should the land belong only to the powerful?
Are only those who are favored allowed to dwell in it?
Footnotes
- Job 22:6 According to Eliphaz, Job’s misfortunes are nothing but the punishment for his faults. In chapter 29, Job will deny the type of behavior of which Eliphaz is here accusing him.
- Job 22:6 You have exacted pledges . . . stripped of their clothing: sins that have been condemned by the Prophets (see Am 2:8).