Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

You've neglected to give water to the weary, and you've withheld food from the hungry.

New American Standard Bible

“To the weary you have given no water to drink,
And from the hungry you have withheld bread.

King James Version

Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

Holman Bible

You gave no water to the thirsty
and withheld food from the famished,

A Conservative Version

Thou have not given water to the weary to drink, and thou have withheld bread from the hungry.

American Standard Version

Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

Amplified


“You have not given water to the weary to drink,
And you have withheld bread from the hungry.

Bible in Basic English

You do not give water to the tired traveller, and from him who has no food you keep back bread.

Darby Translation

Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

Julia Smith Translation

Thou wilt not give to the weary one water to drink, and from the hungry one thou wilt withhold bread.

King James 2000

You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

Lexham Expanded Bible

You have given no water [for the] weary to drink, and you withheld food from [the] hungry.

Modern King James verseion

You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have held back bread from the hungry.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

To such as were weary, hast thou given no water to drink, and thou hast withdrawn bread from the hungry.

NET Bible

You gave the weary no water to drink and from the hungry you withheld food.

New Heart English Bible

You haven't given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

The Emphasized Bible

No water - to the weary, hast thou given to drink, and, from the hungry, thou hast withheld broad:

Webster

Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withheld bread from the hungry.

World English Bible

You haven't given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

Youngs Literal Translation

Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Thou hast not given water
מים 
Mayim 
Usage: 581

to the weary
עיף 
`ayeph 
Usage: 17

to drink
שׁקה 
Shaqah 
Usage: 60

and thou hast withholden
מנע 
mana` 
Usage: 29

References

Hastings

Job

Context Readings

Eliphaz's Third Speech

6 "After all, you've taken collateral from your relatives for no reason; you stripped the naked of their clothing. 7 You've neglected to give water to the weary, and you've withheld food from the hungry. 8 The land belongs to the powerful, and the privileged thrive in it.


Cross References

Job 31:17

if I ate my meals by myself without feeding orphans,

Isaiah 58:7

Isn't it to share your bread with the hungry, and to bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him with clothing, and not to raise yourself up from your own flesh and blood?"

Ezekiel 18:7

if he doesn't oppress anyone, but instead returns the debtor's security for his debt, if he doesn't rob anyone, but instead shares his food with the hungry and gives clothes to those who are naked,

Ezekiel 18:16

doesn't oppress anyone, doesn't take possession of a debtor's pledge, or doesn't steal, but instead shares his food with the hungry, gives clothes to those who are naked,

Matthew 25:42

Here's why: I was hungry, and you gave me nothing to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me nothing to drink.

Deuteronomy 15:7-11

"If there should be a poor man among your relatives in one of the cities of the land that the LORD your God is about to give you, don't be hard-hearted or tight-fisted toward your poor relative.

Job 31:31

People in my household have said, "We cannot find anyone who has not been satisfied with his meat,' haven't they?

Psalm 112:9

He gives generously to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor.

Proverbs 11:24-25

Those who give freely gain even more; others hold back what they owe, becoming even poorer.

Proverbs 19:17

Whoever is kind to the poor is lending to the LORD the benefit of his gift will return to him in abundance.

Isaiah 58:10

if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the needs of afflicted souls, then your light will rise in darkness, and your night will be like noonday.

Romans 12:20

But "if your enemy is hungry, feed him. For if he is thirsty, give him a drink. If you do this, you will pile burning coals on his head."

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