Job 24:21
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- 41 The form in the text is the active participle, “feed; graze; shepherd.” The idea of “prey” is not natural to it. R. Gordis (Job, 270) argues that third he (ה) verbs are often by-forms of geminate verbs, and so the meaning here is more akin to רָעַע (ra’a’, “to crush”). The seems to have read something like הֵרַע (hera’, “oppressed”).
- 42 Heb “the childless [woman], she does not give birth.” The verbal clause is intended to serve as a modifier here for the woman. See on subordinate verbal clauses §156.d, f.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
“They wrong the barren, childless woman,
and do no good to the widow.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
They prey on the barren and childless woman,
and to the widow they show no kindness.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
They prey on the childless woman who is unable to conceive,
and do not deal kindly with the widow.
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NLTNew Living Translation
They cheat the woman who has no son to help her.
They refuse to help the needy widow.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
He feeds on the barren, who does not have a child,
and does no good to the widow.
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KJV 1900King James Version
He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not:
And doeth not good to the widow.
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