Job 24:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He preys on the barren and childless woman, and does not treat the widow well.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 29:13 : 13 the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice;
  • Job 31:16-18 : 16 If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail, 17 If I ate my morsel of bread myself, and did not share any of it with orphans– 18 but from my youth I raised the orphan like a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow!
  • 1 Sam 1:6-7 : 6 Her rival used to aggravate her to the point of exasperation, just to irritate her, since the LORD had not enabled her to have children. 7 This is how it would go year after year. As often as she went up to the LORD’s house, Peninnah would offend her that way.) So she cried and refused to eat.
  • Job 22:9 : 9 you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.
  • Job 24:3 : 3 They drive away the orphan’s donkey; they take the widow’s ox as a pledge.

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    18“You say,‘He is foam on the face of the waters; their portion of the land is cursed so that no one goes to their vineyard.

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    9May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow!

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    22But God drags off the mighty by his power; when God rises up against him, he has no faith in his life.

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  • Job 15:28-29
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    2Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin.

  • Jer 18:21
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    21So let their children die of starvation. Let them be cut down by the sword. Let their wives lose their husbands and children. Let the older men die of disease and the younger men die by the sword in battle.

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  • Job 24:3
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    3They drive away the orphan’s donkey; they take the widow’s ox as a pledge.

  • Ezek 22:7
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    7They have treated father and mother with contempt within you; they have oppressed the resident foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow within you.

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    16For he never bothered to show kindness; he harassed the oppressed and needy, and killed the disheartened.

  • Exod 22:22
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    22“You must not afflict any widow or orphan.

  • Job 24:9-10
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