Job 24:3
The ass of the fatherless, they drive off, they take in pledge the ox of the widow;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
In Context
2Boundaries, men move back, flocks, they seize and consume;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:6No man shall take in pledge a handmill, or an upper millstone,—for he would be taking life, in pledge.
Deuteronomy 24:10When thou lendest thy neighbour a loan of anything, thou shalt not enter into his house to secure his pledge:
1 Samuel 12:3Behold me! testify against me, before Yahweh, and before his Anointed—Whose, ox, have I taken? or whose, ass, have I taken? or whom have I oppressed? Whom have I crushed? or at whose, hands, have I taken a bribe, to cover up mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it unto you.
Job 31:16If I withheld—from pleasure—the poor, or, the eyes of the widow, I dimmed;
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 →