Job 24:3

24:3 They drive away the orphan’s donkey;

they take the widow’s ox as a pledge.

Job 29:13

29:13 the blessing of the dying man descended on me,

and I made the widow’s heart rejoice;

Job 31:16

31:16 If I have refused to give the poor what they desired,

or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,


tn The verb is simply בּוֹא (bo’, “to come; to enter”). With the preposition עַל (’al, “upon”) it could mean “came to me,” or “came upon me,” i.e., descended (see R. Gordis, Job, 320).

tn The verb אַרְנִן (’arnin) is from רָנַן (ranan, “to give a ringing cry”) but here “cause to give a ringing cry,” i.e., shout of joy. The rejoicing envisioned in this word is far greater than what the words “sing” or “rejoice” suggest.

tn Heb “kept the poor from [their] desire.”