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Job 24:21

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “He wrongs the barren woman And does no good for the widow.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— He evil entreateth the barren [that] beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— He devoureth the barren that beareth not; and doeth not good to the widow.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— He oppresseth the barren [that] beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— He that despoileth the barren that beareth not, and doeth not good to the widow:
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— He oppresseth the barren who beareth not, and, to the widow, he doeth not good;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Treating evil the barren [who] beareth not, And [to] the widow he doth no good,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— For he hath fed the barren that beareth not, and to the widow he hath done no good.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— He doth euil intreat ye barren, that doeth not beare, neither doeth he good to the widowe.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— He euill intreateth the barren, [that] beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— An evil barren woman shall never bear; they do not good to the widow.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— For he has not treated the barren woman well, and has had no pity on a feeble woman.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— He evil entreateth the barren [that] beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
He evil entreateth 7462
{7462} Prime
רָעָה
ra`ah
{raw-aw'}
A primitive root; to tend a flock, that is, pasture it; intransitively to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension to associate with (as a friend).
z8802
<8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386
the barren 6135
{6135} Prime
עָקָר
`aqar
{aw-kawr'}
From H6131; sterile (as if extirpated in the generative organs).
[that] beareth 3205
{3205} Prime
יָלַד
yalad
{yaw-lad'}
A primitive root; to bear young; causatively to beget; medically to act as midwife; specifically to show lineage.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
not: x3808
(3808) Complement
לֹא
lo'
{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
and doeth not x3808
(3808) Complement
לֹא
lo'
{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
good 3190
{3190} Prime
יָטַב
yatab
{yaw-tab'}
A primitive root; to be (causatively) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right).
z8686
<8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 4046
to the widow. 490
{0490} Prime
אַלְמָנָה
'almanah
{al-maw-naw'}
Feminine of H0488; a widow; also a desolate place.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Job 24:2-24.


Job 24:18-21

_ _ In these verses Job quotes the opinions of his adversaries ironically; he quoted them so before (Job 21:7-21). In Job 24:22-24, he states his own observation as the opposite. You say, “The sinner is swift, that is, swiftly passes away (as a thing floating) on the surface of the waters” (Ecclesiastes 11:1; Hosea 10:7).

_ _ is cursed — by those who witness their “swift” destruction.

_ _ beholdeth not — “turneth not to”; figuratively, for He cannot enjoy his pleasant possessions (Job 20:17; Job 15:33).

_ _ the way of the vineyards — including his fields, fertile as vineyards; opposite to “the way of the desert.”


Job 24:21

_ _ The reason given by the friends why the sinner deserves such a fate.

_ _ barren — without sons, who might have protected her.

_ _ widow — without a husband to support her.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Job 24:18-25.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 24:21

He — He here returns to the declaration of his farther wickednesses, the cause of these judgments. Barren — Barrenness was esteemed a curse and reproach; and so he added affliction to the afflicted.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Job 24:21

He (x) evil entreateth the barren [that] beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

(x) He shows why the wicked will not be lamented, because he did not pity others.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
evil:

1 Samuel 1:6-7 And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb. ... And [as] he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.

doeth not:

Job 24:3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Job 29:13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Job 31:16-18 If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; ... (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as [with] a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
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1S 1:6. Jb 24:3; 29:13; 31:16.

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