Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They drive away the orphan’s donkey and take the widow’s ox in pledge. New Living Translation They take the orphan’s donkey and demand the widow’s ox as security for a loan. English Standard Version They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; they take the widow’s ox for a pledge. Berean Standard Bible They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge. King James Bible They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. New King James Version They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; They take the widow’s ox as a pledge. New American Standard Bible “They drive away the donkeys of orphans; They seize the widow’s ox as a pledge. NASB 1995 “They drive away the donkeys of the orphans; They take the widow’s ox for a pledge. NASB 1977 “They drive away the donkeys of the orphans; They take the widow’s ox for a pledge. Legacy Standard Bible They drive away the donkeys of the orphans; They take the widow’s ox for a pledge. Amplified Bible “They drive away the donkeys of the orphans; They take the widow’s ox for a pledge. Christian Standard Bible They drive away the donkeys owned by the fatherless and take the widow’s ox as collateral. Holman Christian Standard Bible They drive away the donkeys owned by the fatherless and take the widow’s ox as collateral. American Standard Version They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow's ox for a pledge. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And male donkeys of orphans they have taken and they pawn the ox of a widow Brenton Septuagint Translation They have led away, the ass of the fatherless, and taken the widow's ox for a pledge. Contemporary English Version They cheat orphans and widows by taking their donkeys and oxen. Douay-Rheims Bible They have driven away the ass of the fatherless, and have taken away the widow's ox for a pledge. English Revised Version They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. GOD'S WORD® Translation They drive away the orphan's donkey. They take the widow's ox as security for a loan. Good News Translation They take donkeys that belong to orphans, and keep a widow's ox till she pays her debts. International Standard Version They drive away the orphan's donkey; they take the ox of the widow as security for a loan; JPS Tanakh 1917 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, They take the widow's ox for a pledge. Literal Standard Version They lead away the donkey of the fatherless, | They take in pledge the ox of the widow, Majority Standard Bible They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge. New American Bible The donkeys of orphans they drive away; they take the widow’s ox for a pledge. NET Bible They drive away the orphan's donkey; they take the widow's ox as a pledge. New Revised Standard Version They drive away the donkey of the orphan; they take the widow’s ox for a pledge. New Heart English Bible They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, and they take the widow's ox for a pledge. Webster's Bible Translation They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. World English Bible They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, and they take the widow’s ox for a pledge. Young's Literal Translation The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job: Judgment for the Wicked…2Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks. 3They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge. 4They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.… Cross References Exodus 22:26 If you take your neighbor's cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset, Deuteronomy 24:17 Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow's cloak as security. Job 6:27 You would even cast lots for an orphan and barter away your friend. Job 22:6 For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing. Job 22:9 You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed. Treasury of Scripture They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. drive Job 22:6-9 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing… Job 31:16,17 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; … Deuteronomy 24:6,10-13,17-21 No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge… Jump to Previous Ass Debt Donkey Donkeys Drive Fatherless Lead Orphans Ox Pledge Widow Widow'sJump to Next Ass Debt Donkey Donkeys Drive Fatherless Lead Orphans Ox Pledge Widow Widow'sJob 24 1. Wickedness often goes unpunished17. There is a secret judgment for the wicked (3) They drive away the ass.--The ass and the ox, the fatherless and the widow presumably having no more than one. He first describes the oppression of the country, and then that of the city (Job 24:12). We seem here to catch a glimpse of the sufferings of some oppressed and subject aboriginal race, such as the Canaanites may have been to the Jews, though there is probably no allusion to them. But, at all events, the writer and the speaker seem to have been familiar with some such abject and servile race, who haunted the desert and suffered at the hands of the more powerful tribes. Man's inhumanity to man is, unhappily, a crime of very long standing.Verse 3 - They drive away the ass of the fatherless. This was another form of oppression. "Whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed?" says Samuel, on laying down his judgeship (1 Samuel 12:3). The "fatherless" were particularly liable to such ill treatment, seeing that they had lost their natural protector. They take the widow's ox for a pledge. It may be true that this was nowhere a legal offence, not even among the Hebrews (Lee); but it was a real act of oppression, and forms a fitting counterpart to the injury done to the orphan. (On the natural tendency of selfish men to bear hard on these two classes, see Exodus 22:22; Deuteronomy 24:17; Deuteronomy 27:19; Psalm 94:6; Isaiah 1:23; Isaiah 10:2; Jeremiah 5:28; Zechariah 7:10.) Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew They drive awayיִנְהָ֑גוּ (yin·hā·ḡū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5090: To drive forth, lead, carry away, to proceed, to sigh the donkey חֲמ֣וֹר (ḥă·mō·wr) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2543: A male ass of the fatherless יְתוֹמִ֣ים (yə·ṯō·w·mîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3490: A bereaved person and take the widow’s אַלְמָנָֽה׃ (’al·mā·nāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 490: A widow, a desolate place ox שׁ֣וֹר (šō·wr) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7794: A head of cattle (bullock, ox, etcetera) in pledge. יַ֝חְבְּל֗וּ (yaḥ·bə·lū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 2254: To wind tightly, to bind, a pledge, to pervert, destroy, to writhe in pain Links Job 24:3 NIVJob 24:3 NLT Job 24:3 ESV Job 24:3 NASB Job 24:3 KJV Job 24:3 BibleApps.com Job 24:3 Biblia Paralela Job 24:3 Chinese Bible Job 24:3 French Bible Job 24:3 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 24:3 They drive away the donkey (Jb) |
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