He preys on ¹  the barren and childless woman, ²  and does not treat the widow well.

biblegateway Job 24:21

"He wrongs the barren woman And does no good for the widow.

They prey on the barren, childless woman and do not deal kindly with the widow.

These men take advantage of childless women. These men show no kindness to widows.

biblegateway Job 24:21

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

"They wrong the barren childless woman, and do no good to the widow.

bibleoremus Job 24:21

"They harm the childless woman, and do no good to the widow.

They may have wronged the barren childless woman and been no help to the widow;

biblegateway Job 24:21

For he preys on the barren who do not bear, And does no good for the widow.

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

biblegateway Job 24:21

He preys on ¹  the barren and childless woman, ²  and does not treat the widow well.

¹ tc 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 LXX seems to have read something like הֵרַע (hera’, “oppressed”).

² tn 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 GKC 490 §156.d, f.