Job 22:6 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.

English ASV

For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.

English Amplified

For you have taken pledges of your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

For you have taken pledges of your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

For you took collateral from your brothers without cause, stripping off their clothes and leaving them naked.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.

English EASY 2024

You took things from your friends when you lent money to them. You had no reason to do that. You even took away the only clothes that poor people were wearing.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Maybe to guarantee loans you took things from people for no reason. Maybe you took a poor man's clothes to make sure he paid you back.

For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing and stripped the naked of their clothing.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

To make a brother repay you the money he owed, you took away his clothes and left him nothing to wear.

English God's Word - GW 1995

For no reason you take your brothers' goods as security for a loan and strip them of their clothes.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

For you took collateral from your brothers without cause, stripping off their clothes and leaving them naked.

English KJV 1611

For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

English LSB

For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause, And stripped the clothing of the naked.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

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

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

You have unjustly kept your kinsmen's goods in pawn, left them stripped naked of their clothing.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

“For you took pledges from your brothers for no reason, and you stripped the clothing from the naked.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

You took clothes away from your relatives just because they owed you some money. You left them naked for no reason at all.

English NIV

You demanded security from your brothers for no reason; you stripped men of their clothing, leaving them naked.

English NKJ 1982

For you have taken pledges from your brother for no reason, And stripped the naked of their clothing.

English NLT

"For example, you must have lent money to your friend and then kept the clothing he gave you as a pledge. Yes, you stripped him to the bone.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

For you have exacted pledges from your family for no reason, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

“For instance, you must have refused to loan money to needy friends unless they gave you all their clothing as a pledge—yes, you must have stripped them to the bone.

English Tyndale 1537

Thou hast taken the pledge from thy brethren for naught, and robbed the naked of their clothing:

Job 22:6 — Compare Translations