Job 24:9
“They plucke the fatherlesse from the brest, and take a pledge of the poore.”
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Job 24:9 Context
7They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they haue no couering in the cold. 8They are wet with the showres of the mountaines, and imbrace the rocke for want of a shelter. 9They plucke the fatherlesse from the brest, and take a pledge of the poore. 10They cause him to go naked without clothing: and they take away the sheafe from the hungry, 11Which make oyle within their walles, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
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Other Translations for Job 24:9
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
- King James Version
"Others snatch the orphan from the breast, And against the poor they take a pledge.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;
- American Standard Version (1901)
The child without a father is forced from its mother's breast, and they take the young children of the poor for debt.
- Basic English Bible
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:
- Darby Bible
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
- Webster's Bible
There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,
- World English Bible
They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.
- Youngs Literal Bible
There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 24:9
24:9 They - The oppressors. Pluck - Out of covetousness; they will not allow the mother time for the suckling of her infant.