Job 24:21

In 11 translations

BSB

They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.

KJV

He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

WEB

He devours the barren who don’t bear. He shows no kindness to the widow.

ASV

He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow.

LSV

Treating evil the barren [who] does not bear, || And he does no good [to] the widow,

YLT

Treating evil the barren [who] beareth not, And [to] the widow he doth no good,

DBY

He that despoileth the barren that beareth not, and doeth not good to the widow:

DRC

For he hath fed the barren that beareth not, and to the widow he hath done no good.

GNV

He doth euil intreat ye barren, that doeth not beare, neither doeth he good to the widowe.

JPS

He devoureth the barren that beareth not; and doeth not good to the widow.

LXXE

For he has not treated the barren woman well, and has had no pity on a feeble woman.

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WLC

רֹעֶ֣ה עֲ֭קָרָה לֹ֣א תֵלֵ֑ד וְ֝אַלְמָנָ֗ה לֹ֣א יְיֵטִֽיב׃

LXX-Br

Στείραν δὲ οὐκ εὖ ἐποίησε, καὶ γύναιον οὐκ ἠλέησε.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 22:9You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
• Job 29:13The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
• 1 Samuel 1:6–7Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her and taunt her viciously. And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept…
• Job 31:16–18If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail, if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless— though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my…
• Job 24:3They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.

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