Job 24:3

New International Reader's Version

They take away the donkeys that belong to children whose fathers have died. They take a widow’s ox until she has paid what she owes.

Cross References

Job 6:27

You would even cast lots for those whose fathers have died. You would even trade away your closest friend.

Exodus 22:26

Suppose your neighbor owes you money and gives you a coat as a promise to pay it back. Then return it by sunset.

Deuteronomy 24:6

Someone might borrow money from you and give you two millstones to keep until you are paid back. Don’t keep them. Don’t even keep the upper one. That person needs both millstones to make a living.

Deuteronomy 24:7

Suppose someone is caught kidnapping another Israelite. And they sell or treat that person as a slave. Then the kidnapper must die. Get rid of that evil person.

1 Samuel 12:3

Here I stand. Bring charges against me if you can. The Lord is a witness. And so is his anointed king. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Have I cheated anyone? Have I treated anyone badly? Have I accepted money from anyone who wanted special favors? If I’ve done any of these things, I’ll make it right.”