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Job 24

Job 24:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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They drive away
nahag (Hebrew #5090)
to drive forth (a person, an animal or chariot), i.e. lead, carry away; reflexively, to proceed (i.e. impel or guide oneself); also (from the panting induced by effort), to sigh
KJV usage: acquaint, bring (away), carry away, drive (away), lead (away, forth), (be) guide, lead (away, forth).
Pronounce: naw-hag'
Origin: a primitive root
the ass
chamowr (Hebrew #2543)
from 2560; a male ass (from its dun red)
KJV usage: (he)ass.
Pronounce: kham-ore'
Origin: or (shortened) chamor {kham-ore}
of the fatherless
yathowm (Hebrew #3490)
a bereaved person
KJV usage: fatherless (child), orphan.
Pronounce: yaw-thome'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be lonely
, they take
chabal (Hebrew #2254)
to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition)
KJV usage: X at all, band, bring forth, (deal) corrupt(-ly), destroy, offend, lab to (take a) pledge. spoil, travail, X very, withhold.
Pronounce: khaw-bal'
Origin: a primitive root
l the widow’s
'almanah (Hebrew #490)
a widow; also a desolate place
KJV usage: desolate house (palace), widow.
Pronounce: al-maw-naw'
Origin: fem of 488
ox
showr (Hebrew #7794)
a bullock (as a traveller)
KJV usage: bull(-ock), cow, ox, wall (by mistake for 7791).
Pronounce: shore
Origin: from 7788
for a pledge
chabal (Hebrew #2254)
to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition)
KJV usage: X at all, band, bring forth, (deal) corrupt(-ly), destroy, offend, lab to (take a) pledge. spoil, travail, X very, withhold.
Pronounce: khaw-bal'
Origin: a primitive root
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Deut. 24:6,17• 6No man shall take the hand-mill or the upper millstone in pledge; for it would be taking life in pledge.
 17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, or of the fatherless; and thou shalt not take in pledge a widow's garment. (Deut. 24:6,17)

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Ass,
Ox; Oxen,
Pledge,
Widow

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Job 22:6‑9• 6For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.
 7Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
 8But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it.
 9Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. (Job 22:6‑9)
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Job 31:16‑17• 16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
 17Or have eaten my morsel alone, so that the fatherless ate not thereof, (Job 31:16‑17)
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Deut. 24:6,10‑13,17‑21• 6No man shall take the hand-mill or the upper millstone in pledge; for it would be taking life in pledge.
 10When thou dost lend thy brother anything, thou shalt not go into his house to secure his pledge.
 11Thou shalt stand outside, and the man to whom thou hast made a loan shall bring out the pledge to thee without.
 12And if the man be needy, thou shalt not lie down with his pledge;
 13in any case thou shalt return him the pledge at the going down of the sun, that he may sleep in his own upper garment and bless thee; and it shall be righteousness unto thee before Jehovah thy God.
 17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, or of the fatherless; and thou shalt not take in pledge a widow's garment.
 18And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and that Jehovah thy God redeemed thee from thence; therefore I command thee to do this thing.
 19When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and forgettest a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not return to fetch it; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands.
 20When thou shakest thine olive-tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
 21When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterwards; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. (Deut. 24:6,10‑13,17‑21)
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1 Sam. 12:3• 3Here I am: testify against me before Jehovah, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I injured? or of whose hand have I received any ransom and blinded mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it to you. (1 Sam. 12:3)
• Why does He not set a limit to their impiety and wicked oppression? Job enumerates some details of their evil course, which violate every principle of right. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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