Job 24:3

In 11 translations

BSB

They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.

KJV

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

WEB

They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, and they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

ASV

They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

LSV

They lead away the donkey of the fatherless, || They take in pledge the ox of the widow,

YLT

The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,

DBY

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

DRC

They have driven away the ass of the fatherless, and have taken away the widow’s ox for a pledge.

GNV

They leade away the asse of the fatherles: and take the widowes oxe to pledge.

JPS

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

LXXE

They have led away the ass of the fatherless, and taken the widow's ox for a pledge.

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Original-language editions

WLC

חֲמ֣וֹר יְתוֹמִ֣ים יִנְהָ֑גוּ יַ֝חְבְּל֗וּ שׁ֣וֹר אַלְמָנָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Ὑποζύγιον ὀρφανῶν ἀπήγαγον, καὶ βοῦν χήρας ἠνεχύρασαν.

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• Deuteronomy 24:6Do not take a pair of millstones or even an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking one’s livelihood as security.
• Deuteronomy 24:17–21Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security. Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from that place. Therefore I am commanding…
• Deuteronomy 24:10–13When you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security. You are to stand outside while the man to whom you are lending brings the security out to you. If he is a poor man, you must not go…
• Job 31:16–17If 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—
• 1 Samuel 12:3Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I…
• Job 22:6–9For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing. You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished, while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man…

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