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Job 22:6

Context

22:6 “For you took pledges 1  from your brothers

for no reason,

and you stripped the clothing from the naked. 2 

Job 31:19

Context

31:19 If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing,

or a poor man without a coat,

1 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.

2 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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