Bible verse
For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
Job 22:6 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 22.
2 “Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
3 Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?
4 Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?
5 Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?
6 For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
7 You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,
8 while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.
9 You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
10 Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;
KJV
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
ASV
For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.
ERV
For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
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