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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 [a]poor of the earth all hide themselves.
Behold, as wild asses in the desert
They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for [b]food;
The wilderness yieldeth them bread for their children.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 24:4 Or, meek
  2. Job 24:5 Hebrew prey.

They drive away the orphan’s donkey
    and take the widow’s ox in pledge.(A)
They thrust the needy(B) from the path
    and force all the poor(C) of the land into hiding.(D)
Like wild donkeys(E) in the desert,
    the poor go about their labor(F) of foraging food;
    the wasteland(G) provides food for their children.

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