King James Version
Job 24:3 in the King James Version says “They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.” — study this verse from Job chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.”
Job 24:3 · KJV
Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. feed: or, feed them
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“They drive away”
H5090to drive forth (a person, an animal or chariot), also (from the panting induced by effort), to sigh
“for a pledge”
H2254to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e., to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of partur
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