Job 24:3
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge."
Word-by-Word Analysis
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
אַלְמָנָה
ʼalmânâh
a widow; also a desolate place
חָבַל
châbal
to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturi...
Key Terms in This Verse
חָבַל châbal
to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition)
Study H2254 →Cross References
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.
Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have...
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