Job 24:3
They lead away the donkey of the fatherless, || They take in pledge the ox of the widow,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
In Context
2They reach the borders, || They have taken a drove away violently, || Indeed, they do evil.
4They turn aside the needy from the way, || Together have hid the poor of the earth.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:6No one takes millstones and rider in pledge, for it [is one’s] life he is taking in pledge.
Deuteronomy 24:10When you lift up a debt of anything on your brother, you do not go into his house to obtain his pledge;
1 Samuel 12:3Behold, here I [am]; testify against me before YHWH, and before His anointed; whose ox have I taken, and whose donkey have I taken, and whom have I oppressed; whom have I bruised, and of whose hand have I taken a ransom, and hide my eyes with it? And I restore [it] to you.”
Job 31:16If I withhold the poor from pleasure, || And consume the eyes of the widow,
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 →