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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 nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.
 17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge: (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 from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
 7Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
 8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelt in it.
 9Thou hast sent widows away empty, 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 have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
 17Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; (Job 31:16‑17)
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Deut. 24:6,10‑13,17‑21• 6No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.
 10When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
 11Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.
 12And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
 13In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the Lord thy God.
 17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
 18But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
 19When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
 20When thou beatest 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 afterward: 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• 3Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it 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;