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For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, And stripped the naked of their clothing.
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The Charge of Oppression
Commentators explain that Eliphaz is accusing Job of predatory lending. The charge is that Job took collateral ('pledges'), likely essential clothing, from the poor for trivial or non-existent debts. This act of stripping the 'naked' (meaning the poorly-clothed) was seen as a profound act of cruelty and oppression.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought - The only evidence Eliphaz seems to have had of this was that this was a heinous…
19th Century
Anglican
You have taken a pledge from your brother. —These specific charges, false as they were, show the depth to which Eliphaz had sunk.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nought It can hardly be thought that it was for nothing at all, on…
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Eliphaz brought heavy charges against Job, without reason for his accusations, except that Job was afflicted as he supposed God always afflicted ev…
13th Century
Catholic
When the blessed Job had finished speaking, Eliphaz did not understand his words according to their intended meaning. Indeed, when Job first spoke …
