Job 24:3
What does Job 24:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 24:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
KJV
King James Version · 1611They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752They have driven away the ass of the fatherless, and have taken away the widow's ox for a pledge.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge;
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 31:16
If I have withheld the poor fromtheirdesire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
- Deuteronomy 24:17
Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to the sojourner, or to the fatherless, nor take the widow’s raiment to pledge;
- Deuteronomy 24:6
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.
- Job 22:6
For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.
- 1 Samuel 12:3
Here I am: witness against me before Jehovah, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
- Deuteronomy 24:10
When thou dost lend thy neighbor any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
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