Job 24:3
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, and they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
In Context
2There are people who remove the landmarks. They violently take away flocks, and feed them.
4They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:6No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone as a pledge, for he takes a life in pledge.
Deuteronomy 24:10When you lend your neighbour any kind of loan, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge.
1 Samuel 12:3Here I am. Witness against me before the LORD and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Of whose hand have I taken a bribe to make me blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.”
Job 31:16“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have 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 →