The sins Eliphaz now mentions are contrary to the teaching of the prophets in such passages as Isaiah 58.7, 10; Ezekiel 18.7.

You have given no water to the weary to drink: the weary or “tired” describes the condition associated with thirst in Isaiah 29.8; Jeremiah 31.25; Proverbs 25.25. The same is often said of the ground that is not watered.

And you have withheld bread from the hungry: verse 7 may be rendered, for example, “You never gave a drink of water to the thirsty nor a bite of food to the hungry” or “When you saw a thirsty person you never gave him a drink, and when you met a hungry person you never gave him something to eat.”

Quoted with permission from Reyburn, Wiliam. A Handbook on Job. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1992. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .