Job
King James Version (KJV)
Job 24:9
“They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.”
King James Version (KJV)
Job 24:9 Context
6They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked. 7They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. 8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter. 9They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor. 10They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry; 11Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst. 12Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
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Other Translations
They plucke the fatherlesse from the brest, and take a pledge of the poore.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"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
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"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
Bible commentary
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.