Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
He did evil to the barren; she will not bear: andhewill not do good to the widow.
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.
Bible in Basic English
He is not kind to the widow, and he has no pity for her child.
Darby Translation
He that despoileth the barren that beareth not, and doeth not 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 womb shall forget him; the worm sucked him; he shall be no more remembered: and iniquity shall be broken as a tree. 21 He did evil to the barren; she will not bear: andhewill not do good to the widow. 22 And he drew the mighty in his power: he will rise up and none shall be sure in living.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6-7
Being grieved, her distress grieved her so that she was moved because Jehovah shut up about her womb
Job 22:9
Thou didst send away widows empty, and the arms of the orphans will be broken.
Job 24:3
They will lead away the ass of the orphans, and they will take for pledge, the widow's ox.
Job 29:13
The praise of him perishing will come upon me, and I shall cause the heart of the widow to rejoice.
Job 31:16-18
If I shall withhold from the desire of the poor, and cause the eyes of the widow to fail;