Job 24:3

They have led away the ass of the fatherless, 1 And taken the widow’s ox for a pledge. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

In Context

2While the ungodly have passed over the bound, 1 Carrying off the flock with the shepherd? 1

4They have turned aside the weak from the right way: 1 And the meek of the earth have hidden themselves together. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 24:6Thou shalt not take for a pledge the under millstone, nor the upper millstone; for he who does so takes life for a pledge.

Deuteronomy 24:10If thy neighbor owe thee a debt, any debt whatsoever, thou shalt not go into his house to take his pledge:

1 Samuel 12:3Behold, here am I, answer against me before the Lord and before his anointed: whose calf have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom of you have I oppressed? or whom have I been violent with? or from whose hand have I taken a bribe, even to a sandal? bear witness against me, and I will make restitution to you.

Job 31:16But the helpless missed not whatever need they had, 1 And I did not cause the eye of the widow to fail. 1

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 →

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