Job 24:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.”
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“They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.”
King James Version · Public Domain“They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 24:3 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 24:6Do not take a pair of millstones or even an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking one’s livelihood as security.
- Deuteronomy 24:7If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- Deuteronomy 24:10When you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security.
- Deuteronomy 24:17Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.
- 1 Samuel 12:3Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”
- Job 22:6For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
- Job 31:16If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).