Job 22:9

Modern

You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

Traditional

Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Literal

You have sent away widows in emptiness, and the arms of the fatherless are crushed.

Latin

Viduas dimisisti vacuas, et lacertos pupillorum comminuisti.

Hebrew

English

You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

The Old Testament assigns Israel the duty of caring for widows and the fatherless (Deuteronomy 10:18; 14:29). It often condemns neglecting them as the worst evil against society (Exodus 22:22–24; Deuteronomy 27:19). Job agreed that neglecting them was wrong but claimed he was innocent (Job 24:3, 21; 29:12–13; 31:16–18, 21).

Ezekiel 22:7
Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
Job 24:3
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
Job 24:21
They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.
Isaiah 10:2
…to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.
Job 31:21
…if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
Psalm 37:17
For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
Job 29:12–13
…because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
Ezekiel 30:22
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken, and will make the sword fall from his hand.
Isaiah 1:23
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
Psalm 94:6
They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
Job 31:16–18
If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”