They lead away the ass of the fatherless, and take the widow’s ox to pledge.

They make the poor to turn out of the way, so that the poor of the earth hide themselves [a]together.

Behold, others as wild asses in the wilderness, go forth to their business, and [b]rise early for a prey: the wilderness [c]giveth him and his children food.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 24:4 And for cruelty and oppression dare not show their faces.
  2. Job 24:5 That is, spareth diligence.
  3. Job 24:5 He and his live by robbing and murdering.

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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