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Job 22:6
New English Translation
Job 22:6
New English Translation
6 “For you took pledges[a] from your brothers
for no reason,
and you stripped the clothing from the naked.[b]
Footnotes
- Job 22:6 tn The verb חָבַל (khaval) means “to take pledges.” In this verse Eliphaz says that Job not only took as pledge things the poor need, like clothing, but he did it for no reason.
- Job 22:6 tn The “naked” here refers to people who are poorly clothed. Otherwise, a reading like the NIV would be necessary: “you stripped the clothes…[leaving them] naked.” So either he made them naked by stripping their garments off, or they were already in rags.
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