Job 24:3

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

"They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge." - Job 24:3
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What does Job 24:3 mean?

The verse Job 24:3 in the King James Version of the Bible says, "They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge." This passage is a part of a larger section in the book of Job where Job is lamenting the injustices and sufferings endured by the…

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The Sacred Value of Care: Reflecting on Job 24:3

As we journey through life, we often encounter passages that expose injustices and call us to a higher moral ground. Job 24:3 poignantly reads, "They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge." This verse compels us to examine how society treats…

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A Prayer for Justice and Compassion

O Lord God, Creator of heaven and earth, You who see all things, we come before You in humility and brokenness, especially as we meditate on the profound truth found in Job 24:3, "They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge." Father, Your…

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Job 24:3 - "They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge."
Job 3:24 - "For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters."
"For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters." - Job 3:24
Job 3:2 - "And Job spake, and said,"
Job 40:3 - "¶ Then Job answered the LORD, and said,"
Job 24:24 - "They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn."
Job 19:24 - "That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!"
Job 24:8 - "They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter."
Job 24:9 - "They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor."
Job 3:1 - "After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day."
Job 24:7 - "They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold."
Job 21:24 - "His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow."
Job 36:24 - "Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold."
Job 24:14 - "The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief."
Job 28:24 - "For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;"
Job 24:21 - "He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow."
"And Job spake, and said," - Job 3:2
Job 24:6 - "They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked."
Job 24:4 - "They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together."
Job 24:2 - "Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof."
Job 29:24 - "If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down."
Job 40:24 - "He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares."
Job 41:24 - "His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone."
Job 24:11 - "Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst."
Job 13:24 - "Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?"
"¶ Then Job answered the LORD, and said," - Job 40:3
Job 39:24 - "He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet."
Job 37:24 - "Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart."
Job 24:18 - "He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards."