Job 22:6

“For you took pledges from your brothers for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.”

Job 22:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 22:6, word by word

you took pledgesתַחְבֹּלtachbol

take in pledge

To hold something until a debt is paid.

Where else “tachbol” appears
from your brothersאַחֶיache

brother

A son of the same father or the same mother.

Where else “ache” appears
for nothingחִנָּםchinam

without cause

With no reason or guilt to justify it.

Where else “chinam” appears
and strippedתַּפְשִׁיטtafshit

strip

To take off clothes, or strip another.

Where else “tafshit” appears
the nakedעֲרוּמִּיםarumim

naked

Naked.

Where else “arumim” appears
of their clothingבִגְדֵיvigde

garment

A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.

Where else “vigde” appears

The context

5Is not your evil great, and is there no end to your iniquities?

6 · This verse (above)

7You did not give the weary water to drink, and from the hungry you withheld bread.

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