King James Version

Job 22:9

Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

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אַ֭לְמָנוֹתalmanotdesolate houseאַלְמָנָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “desolate house”, the ordinary formH490a widow; also a desolate placedesolate house (palace), widow.שִׁלַּ֣חְתָּshilachtasendשָׁלַחverb, piel, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “send”, a completed actionH7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, ou…רֵיקָ֑םreyqamwithout causeרֵיקָםadverb — “without cause”H7387emptily; figuratively (objective) ineffectually, (subjective) undeservedlywithout cause, empty, in vain, void.וּזְרֹע֖וֹתuzerootand armזְרוֹעַconjunction, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “and arm”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2220the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, forcearm, [phrase] help, mighty, power, shoulder, strength.יְתֹמִ֣יםyetomimfatherlessיָתוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “fatherless”, the ordinary formH3490a bereaved personfatherless (child), orphan.יְדֻכָּֽאyedukabruiseדָּכָאverb, pual, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bruise”, an unfinished actionH1792to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)beat to pieces, break (in pieces), bruise, contrite, crush, destroy, humble, oppress, smite.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Young’s Literal Translation

Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.

World English Bible

You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Darby Translation

Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Douay-Rheims

Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless thou hast broken in pieces.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But thou hast sent widows away empty, and hast afflicted orphans.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Χήρας δὲ ἐξαπέστειλας κενὰς, ὀρφανοὺς δὲ ἐκάκωσας.

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World English Bible

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Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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