Job 24:21
For he hath fed the barren that beareth not, and to the widow he hath done no good.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Pavit enim sterilem quæ non parit, et viduæ bene non fecit.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- στεῖραν δὲ οὐκ εὖ ἐποίησεν, καὶ ἀγύναιον οὐκ ἠλέησεν,
- Hebrew (WLC)
- רֹעֶ֣ה עֲ֭קָרָה לֹ֣א תֵלֵ֑ד וְ֝אַלְמָנָ֗ה לֹ֣א יְיֵטִֽיב
Haydock's commentary
Fed the barren. That is, the harlot. Or else, he hath fed; that is, he hath fed upon the barren; that is, the poor and desolate. (Challoner)
He has not had posterity, but pleasure, in view, when he married. (Rabbins)
Septuagint agree with the Vulgate. (Haydock)
But most explain the Hebrew, "He hath oppressed the barren;" which may denote those whose husband and children have been slain. (Calmet)
No good, but even dealt with them dishonestly. (Cajetan)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.