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 drive away the donkeys of the orphans;
They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

King James Version

They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

Holman Bible

They drive away the donkeys owned by the fatherless
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,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נהג 
Nahag 
Usage: 31

the ass
חמר חמור 
Chamowr 
ass
Usage: 96

of the fatherless
יתום 
Yathowm 
Usage: 42

the widow's
אלמנה 
'almanah 
Usage: 54

ox
שׁור 
Showr 
ox, bullock, cow, bull, wall
Usage: 78

References

American

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Watsons

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.

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;

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