Job 24:3
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, And take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Noyes Bible
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 remove landmarks; They take away flocks by violence, and pasture them.
4They push the needy from the way; All the poor of the land are forced to hide themselves.
Cross References
Job 31:16If I have refused the poor their desire, And caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
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 →