Job 24:21
Strong's Lexicon
They prey
רֹעֶ֣ה (rō·‘eh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7462: 1) to pasture, tend, graze, feed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to tend, pasture 1a1a) to shepherd 1a1b) of ruler, teacher (fig) 1a1c) of people as flock (fig) 1a1d) shepherd, herdsman (subst) 1a2) to feed, graze 1a2a) of cows, sheep etc (literal) 1a2b) of idolater, Israel as flock (fig) 1b) (Hiphil) shepherd, shepherdess 2) to associate with, be a friend of (meaning probable) 2a) (Qal) to associate with 2b) (Hithpael) to be companions 3) (Piel) to be a special friend

on the barren
עֲ֭קָרָה (‘ă·qā·rāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6135: 1) barren, sterile

and childless
לֹ֣א ()
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

תֵלֵ֑ד (ṯê·lêḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3205: 1) to bear, bringforth, beget, gender, travail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bear, bring forth 1a1a) of child birth 1a1b) of distress (simile) 1a1c) of wicked (behaviour) 1a2) to beget 1b) (Niphal) to be born 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cause or help to bring forth 1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife 1c3) midwife (participle) 1d) (Pual) to be born 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to beget (a child) 1e2) to bear (fig. -of wicked bringing forth iniquity) 1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive) 1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree)

and show no
לֹ֣א ()
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

kindness
יְיֵטִֽיב׃ (yə·yê·ṭîḇ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3190: 1) to be good, be pleasing, be well, be glad 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be glad, be joyful 1a2) to be well placed 1a3) to be well for, be well with, go well with 1a4) to be pleasing, be pleasing to 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to make glad, rejoice 1b2) to do good to, deal well with 1b3) to do well, do thoroughly 1b4) to make a thing good or right or beautiful 1b5) to do well, do right

to the widow.
וְ֝אַלְמָנָ֗ה (wə·’al·mā·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 490: 1) widow

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.

Young's Literal Translation
Treating evil the barren [who] beareth not, And [to] the widow he doth no good,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They prey on the childless  woman who is unable to conceive, and do not deal kindly with the widow.

New American Standard Bible
"He wrongs the barren woman And does no good for the widow.

King James Bible
He evil entreateth the barren [that] beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
They prey on the barren and childless woman, and to the widow they show no kindness.

New Living Translation
They cheat the woman who has no son to help her. They refuse to help the needy widow.

English Standard Version
“They wrong the barren, childless woman, and do no good to the widow.

New American Standard Bible
"He wrongs the barren woman And does no good for the widow.

King James Bible
He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They prey on the childless woman who is unable to conceive, and do not deal kindly with the widow.

International Standard Version
"They prey on the barren woman, and do no favors for widows.

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

American Standard Version
He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow.

English Revised Version
He devoureth the barren that beareth not; and doeth not good to the widow.

Young's Literal Translation
Treating evil the barren who beareth not, And to the widow he doth no good,
















Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6
And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

Job 22:9
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 24:20
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.

Job 24:19
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.

Job 24:18
He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

Job 24:22
He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

Job 24:23
Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.

Job 24:24
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
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