21He devours the barren who don't bear. He shows no kindness to the widow.


In Context

18 |They are foam on the surface of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth. They don't turn into the way of the vineyards.

19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters, so does Sheol those who have sinned.

20 The womb shall forget him. The worm shall feed sweetly on him. He shall be no more remembered. Unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.

21 He devours the barren who don't bear. He shows no kindness to the widow.

22 Yet God preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.

23 God gives them security, and they rest in it. His eyes are on their ways.

Job 24:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:21He evil entreateth the barren that [beareth] not: and doeth not good to the widow.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:21They prey on the barren and childless woman, and to the widow show no kindness.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:21For he hath fed the barren that beareth not, and to the widow he hath done no good.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:21He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:21He that despoileth the barren that beareth not, and doeth not good to the widow:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:21He devoureth the barren that beareth not; and doeth not good to the widow.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:21He oppresseth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:21Treating evil the barren who beareth not, And to the widow he doth no good,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:21He evil entreats the barren that bears not: and does not good to the widow.