Job 24:3
Good News Translation
They take donkeys that belong to orphans, and keep a widow's ox till she pays her debts.

New Revised Standard Version
They drive away the donkey of the orphan; they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

Contemporary English Version
They cheat orphans and widows by taking their donkeys and oxen.

New American Bible
The donkeys of orphans they drive away; they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

Douay-Rheims Bible
They have driven away the ass of the fatherless, and have taken away the widow's ox for a pledge.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

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Job 22:6-9 For thou hast taken away the pledge of thy brethren without cause, and stripped them naked of their clothing. . . .

Job 31:16,17 If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait: . . .

Deuteronomy 24:6,10-13,17-21 Thou shalt not take the nether, nor the upper millstone to pledge: for he hath pledged his life to thee. . . .

1 Samuel 12:3 Speak of me before the Lord, and before his anointed, whether I have taken any man's ox, or ass: if I have wronged any man, if I have oppressed any man, if I have taken a bribe at any man's hand: and I will despise it this day, and will restore it to you.

Context
Job: Judgment for the Wicked
2Some have removed landmarks, have taken away flocks by force, and fed them. 3They have driven away the ass of the fatherless, and have taken away the widow's ox for a pledge.4They have overturned the way of the poor, and have oppressed together the meek of the earth.…
Cross References
Exodus 22:26
If thou take of thy neighbour a garment in pledge, thou shalt give it him again before sunset.

Deuteronomy 24:17
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger nor of the fatherless, neither shalt thou take away the widow's raiment for a pledge.

Job 6:27
You rush in upon the fatherless, and you endeavour to overthrow your friend.

Job 22:6
For thou hast taken away the pledge of thy brethren without cause, and stripped them naked of their clothing.

Job 22:9
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless thou hast broken in pieces.

Job 24:2
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