Job 24:3
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
American King James Version (AKJV)
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
American Standard Version (ASV)
They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.
Webster's Revision
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.
English Revised Version (ERV)
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Barnes's Job 24:3 Bible Commentary
They drive away the ass of the fatherless - Of the orphan, who cannot protect himself, and whose only property may consist in this useful animal. Injury done to an orphan is always regarded as a crime of special magnitude, for they are unable to protect themselves; see the notes at Job 22:9.
They take the widow's ox for a pledge - See the notes at Job 22:6. The widow was dependent on her ox to till the ground, and hence, the crime of taking it away in pledge for the payment of a debt.
Job 24:3.He evil-entreateth the barren that beareth not,
And doeth not good to the widow.
Wesley's Job 24:3 Bible Commentary
24:3 Pledge - Contrary to God's law, first written in mens hearts, and afterwards in holy scripture, Exodus 22:26 ,27.
