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Job 24:3

They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

American Standard Version

They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

Geneva Bible 1599

They leade away the asse of the fatherles: and take the widowes oxe to pledge.

Darby Translation

They drive away the ass of the fatherless, 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,

Bible in Basic English

They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.

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Cross references

“drive”

Deuteronomy 24:6 Job 22:6–9 Deuteronomy 24:10–13 Deuteronomy 24:17–21 1 Samuel 12:3 Job 31:16

Deuteronomy 24:6 · BSB

Do 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.

Job 22:6–9 · BSB

For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.

Deuteronomy 24:10–13 · BSB

When you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security.

Deuteronomy 24:17–21 · BSB

Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.

1 Samuel 12:3 · BSB

Here 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 wi…

Job 31:16 · BSB

If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.

4They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.

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