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You have seized collateral from your brothers without cause,
and you have stripped off clothing from the naked.
You have not given water to the weary,
and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

The earth belongs to a forceful man,
and a well-respected man dwells in it.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 22:8 The connection of this verse to the context is unclear. It may be an excuse that greedy rich people use for not helping the poor or an indirect accusation of Job.