Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
They drive away [the] donkey of orphans; they take [the] widow's ox as a pledge.
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.
Bible in Basic English
They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.
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.
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 They remove border [stones]; they seize flocks, and they pasture [them]. 3 They drive away [the] donkey of orphans; they take [the] widow's ox as a pledge. 4 They thrust [the] poor off the road; [the] needy of [the] earth hide themselves together.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:6
"A person shall not take a pair of millstones or an upper millstone, for {he is taking necessities of life as a pledge}.
Deuteronomy 24:10-13
"When you make a loan to your neighbor, a loan of any kind, you shall not go into his house {to take his pledge}.
Deuteronomy 24:17-21
You shall not subvert the rights of an alien [or] an orphan, and you shall not take as pledge [the] garment of a widow.
1 Samuel 12:3
Here I am! Testify against me before Yahweh and before his anointed one! Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I exploited? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe, that I may shut my eyes {regarding} him?-then I will restore it to you."
Job 22:6-9
"Indeed, you have required a pledge from your family for nothing, and you have stripped off [the] clothes of [the] naked.
Job 31:16-17
"If I have withheld [the] desire of [the] poor from [them], or I have caused [the] widow's eyes to fail,