They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
Job 24:3 stands in Job's final reply after his friends ceased their continual accusations, within the extended exchange of accusations and replies running through chapters 8-27, together with chapters 22 and 23. It portrays wicked oppressors who drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow's ox as security for a debt.
In chapter 24 this seizure is listed alongside removing landmarks, stealing flocks, and turning the needy aside from the way as the evil way of life. Job sets forth such evils to prove his own uprightness and to vindicate himself, insisting it had not been so with him. His claim rested on having rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless, having brought joy to the widow's heart, and having acted as eyes to the blind, feet to the lame, and a father to the poor.
Job 24:3 stands in Job's final reply after his friends ceased their continual accusations, within the extended exchange of accusations and replies running through chapters 8-27, together with chapters 22 and 23. It portrays wicked oppressors who drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow's ox as security for a debt.
In chapter 24 this seizure is listed alongside removing landmarks, stealing flocks, and turning the needy aside from the way as the evil way of life. Job sets forth such evils to prove his own uprightness and to vindicate himself, insisting it had not been so with him. His claim rested on having rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless, having brought joy to the widow's heart, and having acted as eyes to the blind, feet to the lame, and a father to the poor.