Job 24:3
The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
In Context
2The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil.
4They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:6'None doth take in pledge millstones, and rider, for life it [is] he is taking in pledge.
Deuteronomy 24:10'When thou liftest up on thy brother a debt of anything, thou dost not go in unto his house to obtain his pledge;
1 Samuel 12:3'Lo, here [am] I; testify against me, over-against Jehovah, and over-against His anointed; whose ox have I taken, and whose ass have I taken, and whom have I oppressed; whom have I bruised, and of whose hand have I taken a ransom, and hide mine eyes with it? — and I restore to you.'
Job 31:16If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,
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 →