Job 24:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

They cheat orphans and widows by taking their donkeys and oxen.

Cross References

Job 6:27

Why, you would sell an orphan or your own neighbour!

Exodus 22:26

Before sunset you must return any coat taken as security for a loan,

Deuteronomy 24:6

When you lend money to people, you are allowed to keep something of theirs as a guarantee that they will pay back the loan. But don't take one or both of their millstones, or else they may starve. They need these stones for grinding grain into flour to make bread.

Deuteronomy 24:7

If you are guilty of kidnapping Israelites and forcing them into slavery, you will be put to death to remove this evil from the community.

1 Samuel 12:3

Let me ask this. Have I ever taken anyone's ox or donkey or forced you to give me anything? Have I ever hurt anyone or taken a bribe to give an unfair decision? Answer me so the LORD and his chosen king can hear you. And if I have done any of these things, I will give it all back.