King James Version
Job 22:9 in the King James Version says “Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.” — study this verse from Job chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.”
Job 22:9 · KJV
Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. mighty: Heb. man of arm honourable: Heb. eminent, or, accepted for countenance
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Thou hast sent”
H7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
“away empty”
H7387emptily; figuratively (objective) ineffectually, (subjective) undeservedly
“and the arms”
H2220the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
“have been broken”
H1792to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)
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