Job 24:21 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Job 24:21 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.
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. …
Job 22:9
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Job 31:16-18
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; …
Job 24:3
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 18-25)

Job here, in the conclusion of his discourse, I. Gives some further instances of the wickedness of these cruel bloody men. 1. Some are pirates and robbers at sea. To this many learned interpreters apply those difficult expressions (Job 24:18), He is swift upon the waters. Privateers choose those ships that are the best sailors. In these swift ships they cruise from one channel to another, to pick…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 21)

2-24. Instances of the wicked doing the worst deeds with seeming impunity (Job 24:2-24). Some--the wicked. landmarks--boundaries between different pastures (De 19:14; Pr 22:28).