Job 24:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³ They drive away the ass of the fatherless; they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ They drive away the ass of the fatherless, They take the widow's ox for a pledge.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

Common English Bible

³ drive off an orphan’s donkey, take a widow’s ox as collateral,

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ They have driven away the donkey of orphans, and have taken the cow from the widow as collateral.

Job 24:3 Cross References

Deuteronomy 24:6

“No man shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge; for he would be taking a life in pledge.

1 Samuel 12:3

Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Or whose ass have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? Testify gainst me and I will restore it to you.”

Exodus 22:26

If ever you take your neighbor's garment in pledge, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down;

Job 6:27

You would even cast lots over the fatherless, and bargain over your friend.

Deuteronomy 24:7

“If a man is found stealing one of his brethren, the people of Israel, and if he treats him as a slave or sells him, then that thief shall die; so you shall purge the evil from the midst of you.