You would even gamble to win things\par that belong to children without fathers.\par You would sell out your own friend.\par
Job 24:3 - Easy To Read Version They steal the donkey\par that belongs to children without parents.\par They take a widow’s {\cf2\super [38]} cow away from her\par until she pays what she owes them.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, They take the widow's ox for a pledge. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; they take the widow's ox for a pledge. American Standard Version (1901) They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow’s ox for a pledge. Common English Bible drive off an orphan’s donkey, take a widow’s ox as collateral, Catholic Public Domain Version They have driven away the donkey of orphans, and have taken the cow from the widow as collateral. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They have driven away the ass of the fatherless, and have taken away the widow's ox for a pledge. |
You would even gamble to win things\par that belong to children without fathers.\par You would sell out your own friend.\par
Someone might give you his coat as a promise that he will pay you the money he owes you. But you must give that coat back to him before the sun goes down.
“When you lend a person something, you must not take as security [147] any part of the stones he uses to grind flour. Why? Because that would be the same as taking away his food.
“A person might kidnap another Israelite—one of his own people. And that kidnapper might sell that person as a slave. If that happens, then that kidnapper must be killed. You must remove that evil from your group.
Here I am. If I have done anything wrong, you must tell those things to the Lord and his chosen king. Did I steal anyone’s cow or donkey? Did I hurt or cheat anyone? Did I ever take money, or even a pair of shoes, to do something wrong? If I did any of these things, then I will make it right.”