Job 22:9
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁלַח
shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
אַלְמָנָה
ʼalmânâh
a widow; also a desolate place
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
רוּק
rûwq
to pour out (literally or figuratively), i.e. empty
זְרוֹעַ
zᵉrôwaʻ
the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
שָׁבַר
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
זְרוֹעַ zᵉrôwaʻ
the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
Study H2220 →שָׁלַח shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Study H7971 →Cross References
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his...
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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