Job 22:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 31:17 : 17 Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof
Isa 58:7 : 7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Matt 25:42 : 42 for I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink;
Ezek 18:7 : 7 and hath not wronged any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath taken nought by robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
Ezek 18:16 : 16 neither hath wronged any, hath not taken aught to pledge, neither hath taken by robbery, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
Isa 58:10 : 10 and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thine obscurity be as the noonday;
Job 31:31 : 31 If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat?
Ps 112:9 : 9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy; His righteousness endureth for ever: His horn shall be exalted with honor.
Prov 11:24-25 : 24 There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth] only to want. 25 The liberal soul shall be made fat; And he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Prov 19:17 : 17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.
Rom 12:20 : 20 But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.
Deut 15:7-9 : 7 If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother; 8 but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need [in that] which he wanteth. 9 Beware that there be not a base thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou give him nought; and he cry unto Jehovah against thee, and it be sin unto thee. 10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thy heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him; because that for this thing Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy work, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto. 11 For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Job 22:6
82%
6For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.
Matt 25:42-44
3 verses
80%
42for I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink;
43I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
Ezek 18:16
78%
16neither hath wronged any, hath not taken aught to pledge, neither hath taken by robbery, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
Ezek 18:7
78%
7and hath not wronged any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath taken nought by robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
Job 22:8-9
2 verses
77%
8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.
9Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Isa 58:7
77%
7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Amos 5:11
76%
11Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.
Ps 80:5
75%
5Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.
Matt 25:37
75%
37Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink?
Job 24:9-11
3 verses
75%
9There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;
10[ So that] they go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves.
11They make oil within the walls of these men; They tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst.
Prov 25:21
75%
21If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
Isa 41:17
74%
17The poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst; I, Jehovah, will answer them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Matt 25:35
74%
35for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;
Mic 6:14-15
2 verses
74%
14Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy humiliation shall be in the midst of thee: and thou shalt put away, but shalt not save; and that which thou savest will I give up to the sword.
15Thou shalt sow, but shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but shalt not anoint thee with oil; and the vintage, but shalt not drink the wine.
Prov 22:27
74%
27If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Prov 28:3
73%
3A needy man that oppresseth the poor Is [like] a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
Hag 1:6
73%
6Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages [to put it] into a bag with holes.
Deut 24:14
73%
14Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates:
Exod 23:6
73%
6Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to thy poor in his cause.
Deut 15:7
72%
7If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother;
Job 36:17
72%
17But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold [on thee].
Job 31:16-17
2 verses
72%
16If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof
Ezek 22:12
72%
12In thee have they taken bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Isa 21:14
72%
14Unto him that was thirsty they brought water; the inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitives with their bread.
Isa 58:10
72%
10and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thine obscurity be as the noonday;
Prov 22:22
72%
22Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Amos 8:4
72%
4Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
Prov 22:16
72%
16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [gain], [And] he that giveth to the rich, [shall come] only to want.
Ezek 22:7
72%
7In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
Job 20:19
72%
19For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
Ps 107:5
72%
5Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them.
Deut 24:17
72%
17Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to the sojourner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge;
Lam 4:4
71%
4The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: The young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
Lev 25:37
71%
37Thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy victuals for increase.
Exod 22:25
71%
25If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest.
Isa 32:6
71%
6For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise profaneness, and to utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
1 Sam 2:5
71%
5They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; And they that were hungry have ceased [to hunger]: Yea, the barren hath borne seven; And she that hath many children languisheth.
Prov 13:23
71%
23Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.
Jer 2:25
71%
25Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, It is in vain; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.
Isa 10:2
71%
2to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
Jas 2:15
71%
15If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food,
Lam 5:4
71%
4We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.
Deut 24:12
71%
12And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge;