Job 24:3

Job 24:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
• New International Version (NIV)They drive away the orphan’s donkey and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; They take the widow’s ox as a pledge.

Context of Job 24:3

1“Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days? 2Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks. They 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. 5Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.

Job 24:3 word by word

חֲמ֣וֹר יְתוֹמִ֣ים יִנְהָ֑גוּ יַ֝חְבְּל֗וּ שׁ֣וֹר אַלְמָנָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• They drive awayנָהַגnâhag · to leadH5090
• the donkeyחֲמוֹרchămôr chămôr · donkeyH2543
• of the fatherlessיָתוֹםyâthôm · orphanH3490
• and take the widow’sאַלְמָנָה'almânâh · widowH490
• oxשׁוֹרshôr · cattleH7794
• in pledgeחָבַלchâbal · to pledgeH2254

Cross-references for Job 24:3

• 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,
• 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.
• 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.”

Commentaries on Job 24:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3They 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The law prohibited taking essential possessions as security or a down payment for a loan (22:6–9; Deuteronomy 24:6, 10–13, 17–21).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-242-24. Instances of the wicked doing the worst deeds with seeming impunity (Job 24:2-24). Some--the wicked. landmarks--boundaries between different pastures (De 19:14; Pr 22:28).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 24:3

• Creditor
• Dishonesty
• Homicide
• Orphan
• Pawn
• Wicked (People)
• Widow

In the dictionaries

• Covering
• Light
• Pluck
• Tread
• Borrowing
• Fatherless
• Job, Book of
• Palestine
• Pledge

Commentaries on Job 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary