Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
He is not kind to the widow, and he has no pity for her child.
New American Standard Bible
And does no good for
King James Version
He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
Holman Bible
and do not deal kindly with the widow.
International Standard Version
"They prey on the barren woman, and do no favors for widows.
A Conservative Version
He devours the barren who do not bear, and does no good to the widow.
American Standard Version
He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow.
Amplified
“He preys on the barren (childless) woman
And does no good for the widow.
Darby Translation
He that despoileth the barren that beareth not, and doeth not good to the widow:
Julia Smith Translation
He did evil to the barren; she will not bear: andhewill not do good to the widow.
King James 2000
He evil treats the barren that bears not: and does not good to the widow.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[He] feeds on [the] barren, [who] does not have a child, and does no good to [the] widow.
Modern King James verseion
He ill-treats the women who bear no children; and does no good to the widow.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For they maintain the barren, and make them that they cannot bear, and unto widows they do no good.
NET Bible
He preys on the barren and childless woman, and does not treat the widow well.
New Heart English Bible
He devours the barren who do not bear. He shows no kindness to the widow.
The Emphasized Bible
He oppresseth the barren who beareth not, and, to the widow, he doeth not good;
Webster
He oppresseth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
World English Bible
He devours the barren who don't bear. He shows no kindness to the widow.
Youngs Literal Translation
Treating evil the barren who beareth not, And to the widow he doth no good,
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 24:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Eighth Speech, Continued
20 The public place of his town has no more knowledge of him, and his name has gone from the memory of men: he is rooted up like a dead tree. 21 He is not kind to the widow, and he has no pity for her child. 22 But God by his power gives long life to the strong; he gets up again, though he has no hope of life.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6-7
And the other wife did everything possible to make her unhappy, because the Lord had not let her have children;
Job 22:9
You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.
Job 24:3
They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.
Job 29:13
The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart.
Job 31:16-18
If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;