Job 24:3
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 24 connects to 10 cross-references. Job asks why the Almighty does not set times of judgment in which the wicked are punished. He catalogs injustices that God apparently tolerates: the wicked move boundary stones, oppress the poor, take widows as pledges, and murderers operate under …
Other Translations
They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,
They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.
Cross References
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.
When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in …
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, …
Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or …
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;