Job 24:3
“They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
They drive away the ass of the fatherless,.... Who are left destitute of friends, and have none to take care of them,…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
They drive away the ass of the fatherless - Of the orphan, who cannot protect himself, and whose only property may…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 24:1-12
Job's friends had been very positive in it that they should soon see the fall of wicked people, how much soever they…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
By "the ass" and "the ox" is meant the single ass and ox which the fatherless and widow possess, needful for working…
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