Job 24:3
They leade away the asse of the fatherles: and take the widowes oxe to pledge.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 remoue the land marks, that rob the flockes and feede thereof.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:6No man shall take the nether nor the vpper milstone to pledge: for this gage is his liuing.
Deuteronomy 24:10Whe thou shalt aske again of thy neighbour any thing lent, thou shalt not goe into his house to fet his pledge.
1 Samuel 12:3Beholde, here I am: beare recorde of me before the Lord and before his Anointed. Whose oxe haue I taken? or whose asse haue I taken? or whome haue I done wrong to? or whome haue I hurt? or of whose hande haue I receiued any bribe, to blinde mine eyes therewith, and I will restore it you?
Job 31:16If I restrained the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile,
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 →