Job 24:3
They have driven away the ass of the fatherless, and have taken away the widow's ox for a pledge.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
In Context
2Some have removed landmarks, have taken away flocks by force, and fed them.
4They have overturned the way of the poor, and have oppressed together the meek of the earth.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:6Thou shalt not take the nether, nor the upper millstone to pledge: for he hath pledged his life to thee.
Deuteronomy 24:10When thou shalt demand of thy neighbour any thing that he oweth thee, thou shalt not go into his house to take away a pledge :
1 Samuel 12:3Speak of me before the Lord, and before his anointed, whether I have taken any man's ox, or ass: If I have wronged any man, if I have oppressed any man, if I have taken a bribe at any man's hand: and I will despise it this day, and will restore it to you.
Job 31:16If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:
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 →