New American Standard Bible

Job 22:5-13 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

5. "Is not your wickedness great, And your iniquities without end?

6. "For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause, And stripped men naked.

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

8. "But the earth belongs to the mighty man, And the honorable man dwells in it.

9. "You have sent widows away empty, And the strength of the orphans has been crushed.

10. "Therefore snares surround you, And sudden dread terrifies you,

11. Or darkness, so that you cannot see, And an abundance of water covers you.

12. "Is not God in the height of heaven? Look also at the distant stars, how high they are!

13. "You say, 'What does God know? Can He judge through the thick darkness?