Job 24:3
They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
In Context
2The landmarks are changed by evil men, they violently take away flocks, together with their keepers.
4The crushed are turned out of the way; all the poor of the earth go into a secret place together.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:6No one is to take, on account of a debt, the stones with which grain is crushed: for in doing so he takes a man's living.
Deuteronomy 24:10If you let your brother have the use of anything which is yours, do not go into his house and take anything of his as a sign of his debt;
1 Samuel 12:3Here I am: give witness against me before the Lord and before the man on whom he has put the holy oil: whose ox or ass have I taken? to whom have I been untrue? who has been crushed down by me? from whose hand have I taken a price for the blinding of my eyes? I will give it all back to you.
Job 31:16If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;
Matthew Henry on Job 24:2-13
Outward Prosperity of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? 2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. 3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. 4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. 5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food… Read the whole commentary →