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Job 6:27 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Yea, ye πoverwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.

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cause to fall upon.

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overwhelm.

Heb. cause to fall upon.

the fatherless.

Job 22:9• ⁹Widows didst thou send empty away,{HR}And the arms of the fatherless were broken. (Job 22:9)

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Job 24:3,9• ³They drive the ass of the orphan,{HR}They distrain the ox of the widow;
⁹They pluck the orphan from the breast,{HR}And on the poor lay distraint. (Job 24:3,9)

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Job 29:12• ¹²For I delivered the poor that cried,{HR}And the fatherless that had no helper. (Job 29:12)

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Job 31:17,21• ¹⁷Or ate my morsel by myself,{HR}And the orphan had not eaten of it
²¹If I shook my hand over the orphan,{HR}When I saw my help in the gate; (Job 31:17,21)

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Ex. 22:22‑24• ²²Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.
²³If thou afflict him in any way, if he cry at all unto me, I will certainly hear his cry;
²⁴and my anger shall burn, and I will slay you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. (Ex. 22:22‑24)

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Psa. 82:3• ³Judge the poor (man) and fatherless;{HR}Do justice to the afflicted and destitute. (Psa. 82:3)

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Prov. 23:10‑11• ¹⁰Remove not the ancient landmark,{HR}And enter not into the fields of the fatherless;
¹¹For their redeemer [is] strong;{HR}He will plead their cause against thee. (Prov. 23:10‑11)

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Ezek. 22:7• ⁷In thee have they made light of father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger; in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow. (Ezek. 22:7)

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Mal. 3:5• ⁵And I will come near to you to judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 3:5)

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James 1:27• ²⁷A religious service pure and undefiled before him that is God and Father is this, to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, to keep himself unspotted from the world. (James 1:27)

ye dig.

Psa. 7:15• ¹⁵He hath dug a pit, and enlarged it,{HR}And he falleth into the pit which he maketh. (Psa. 7:15)

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Psa. 57:6• ⁶A net they prepared for my steps;{HR}My soul was bowed down;{HR}They digged a pit before me;{HR}They fell into the midst of it. Selah. (Psa. 57:6)

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Jer. 18:20,22• ²⁰Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
²²Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet. (Jer. 18:20,22)

• There was a studied heartlessness about the cold words of Eliphaz that seems to furnish ground for the bitterness of Job’s charge. A little later it will be seen that they speak exactly as Job here accuses; he only anticipates their full meaning. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and dig a pit for your friend.

W. Kelly Translation

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Ye would even let fall on the orphan,{HR}And would traffic for your friend.