◄ Job 24:21 ►
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Good News Translation
That happens because they mistreated widows and showed no kindness to childless women.

New Revised Standard Version
“They harm the childless woman, and do no good to the widow.

Contemporary English Version
Sinners take advantage of widows and other helpless women.

New American Bible
May his companion be barren, unable to give birth, may his widow not prosper!

Douay-Rheims Bible
For he hath fed the barren that beareth not, and to the widow he hath done no good.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For he hath fed the barren that beareth not, and to the widow he hath done no good.

evil

1 Samuel 1:6,7 Her rival also afflicted her, and troubled her exceedingly, insomuch that she upbraided her, that the Lord had shut up her womb: . . .

doeth not

Job 24:3 They have driven away the ass of the fatherless, and have taken away the widow's ox for a pledge.

Job 29:13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me, and I comforted the heart of the widow.

Job 31:16-18 If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait: . . .

Context
Job: Judgment for the Wicked
…20Let mercy forget him: may worms be his sweetness: let him be remembered no more, but be broken in pieces as an unfruitful tree. 21For he hath fed the barren that beareth not, and to the widow he hath done no good.22He hath pulled down the strong by his might: and when he standeth up, he shall not trust to his life.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6
Her rival also afflicted her, and troubled her exceedingly, insomuch that she upbraided her, that the Lord had shut up her womb:

Job 22:9
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless thou hast broken in pieces.

Job 24:20
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