Job 22:7

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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

Complete Jewish Bible:

you didn't give water to the weary to drink, you withheld food from the hungry.

Berean Standard Bible:

You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,

American Standard Version:

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

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Thou hast not given water{H4325} to the weary{H5889} to drink{H8248}, and thou hast withholden{H4513} bread{H3899} from the hungry{H7457}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Job 31:17

  • Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

Isaiah 58:7

  • [Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

Matthew 25:42

  • For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

Ezekiel 18:16

  • Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, [but] hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,

Ezekiel 18:7

  • And hath not oppressed any, [but] hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

Deuteronomy 15:7

  • If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

Deuteronomy 15:11

  • For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

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Commentary for Job 22:7

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H4325
    There are 525 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מַיִם
    Transliteration: mayim
    Pronunciation: mah'-yim
    Description: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen; [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
  2. Strong's Number: H5889
    There are 17 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עָיֵף
    Transliteration: ʻâyêph
    Pronunciation: aw-yafe'
    Description: from עָיֵף; languid; faint, thirsty, weary.
  3. Strong's Number: H8248
    There are 72 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שָׁקָה
    Transliteration: shâqâh
    Pronunciation: shaw-kaw'
    Description: a primitive root; to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish apotion to; cause to (give, give to, let, make to) drink, drown, moisten, water. See שָׁכַר, שָׁתָה.
  4. Strong's Number: H4513
    There are 29 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מָנַע
    Transliteration: mânaʻ
    Pronunciation: maw-nah'
    Description: a primitive root; to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury; deny, keep (back), refrain, restrain, withhold.
  5. Strong's Number: H3899
    There are 277 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: לֶחֶם
    Transliteration: lechem
    Pronunciation: lekh'-em
    Description: from לָחַם; See also בֵּית לְעַפְרָה; food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it); (shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.
  6. Strong's Number: H7457
    There are 22 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: רָעֵב
    Transliteration: râʻêb
    Pronunciation: raw-abe'
    Description: from רָעֵב; hungry (more or less intensely); hunger bitten, hungry.