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Job 24:3

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

KJV

Asinum pupillorum abegerunt, et abstulerunt pro pignore bovem viduæ.

Vulgate

ὑποζύγιον ὀρφανῶν ἀπήγαγον, καὶ βοῦν χήρας ἠνεχύρασαν.

LXX

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

ASV

חֲמ֣וֹר יְתוֹמִ֣ים יִנְהָ֑גוּ יַ֝חְבְּל֗וּ שׁ֣וֹר אַלְמָנָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַלְמָנָ֖ה
'lmnh
noun · 56×
הוּ
hv
verb · 27×
חֲמ֔וֹר
chmvr
noun · 95×
יָּת֥וֹם
ytvm
noun · 42×
נֹהֲגִ֖ים
nhgym
verb · 30×
שׁ֥וֹר
shvr
noun · 77×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 24:6 — No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.
  • Job 6:27 — Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
  • Job 22:6 — For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
  • Job 22:9 — Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.