Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.
New American Standard Bible
They take the
King James Version
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Holman Bible
and take the widow’s ox as collateral.
International Standard Version
They drive away the orphan's donkey; they take the ox of the widow as security for a loan;
A Conservative Version
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless. 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.
Amplified
“They drive away the donkeys of the orphans;
They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
Darby Translation
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge;
Julia Smith Translation
They will lead away the ass of the orphans, and they will take for pledge, the widow's ox.
King James 2000
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They drive away [the] donkey of orphans; they take [the] widow's ox as a pledge.
Modern King James verseion
They drive away the ass of the fatherless; they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
that drive away the ass of the fatherless; that take the widow's ox for a pledge;
NET Bible
They drive away the orphan's donkey; they take the widow's ox as a pledge.
New Heart English Bible
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, and they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
The Emphasized Bible
The ass of the fatherless, they drive off, they take in pledge the ox of the widow;
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,
Themes
Business life » Debts » Pledges » Laws concerning
Business life » The credit system » Creditors, general references to
Credit system » Debts » Pledges » Laws concerning
Credit system » Creditors, general references to
Creditors » Often cruel in exacting debts
Fatherless » The wicked » Oppress
Oxen » The wicked often took, in pledge from the poor
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Topics
Interlinear
Nahag
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 24:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Eighth Speech, Continued
2 The landmarks are changed by evil men, they violently take away flocks, together with their keepers. 3 They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt. 4 The crushed are turned out of the way; all the poor of the earth go into a secret place together.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:6
No one is to take, on account of a debt, the stones with which grain is crushed: for in doing so he takes a man's living.
Deuteronomy 24:10-13
If you let your brother have the use of anything which is yours, do not go into his house and take anything of his as a sign of his debt;
Deuteronomy 24:17-21
Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:
1 Samuel 12:3
Here I am: give witness against me before the Lord and before the man on whom he has put the holy oil: whose ox or ass have I taken? to whom have I been untrue? who has been crushed down by me? from whose hand have I taken a price for the blinding of my eyes? I will give it all back to you.
Job 22:6-9
For you have taken your brother's goods when he was not in your debt, and have taken away the clothing of those who have need of it.
Job 31:16-17
If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;