Job 24:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 24:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 24:3 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 24:3 — KJV
“They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.”
— Job 24:3 (KJV)
Job 24:3 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 24:3
“Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:”
Shares key themes with Job 24:3: fatherless, take, widow
“To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!”
Shares key themes with Job 24:3: away, fatherless, take
“If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:”
Shares key themes with Job 24:3: drive, away, ass
“If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour; in fellowship: or, in dealing fellowship: Heb. putting of the hand”
Shares key themes with Job 24:3: away, ass, take
“Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:”
Shares key themes with Job 24:3: away, fatherless, widow
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