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They drive away the donkey of the fatherless;
    they (A)take the widow's ox for a pledge.
They (B)thrust the poor off the road;
    the poor of the earth (C)all hide themselves.
Behold, like wild donkeys in the desert
    the poor[a] (D)go out to their toil, (E)seeking game;
    the wasteland yields food for their children.

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  1. Job 24:5 Hebrew they

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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