Parallel Verses
King James 2000
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge from the poor.
New American Standard Bible
And against the poor they take a pledge.
King James Version
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
Holman Bible
the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral.
International Standard Version
"The fatherless are torn from the breast; the poor are taken away as security for a loan.
A Conservative Version
There are [men] who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,
American Standard Version
There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;
Amplified
“Others snatch the fatherless [infants] from the breast [to sell or make them slaves],
And against the poor they take a pledge [of clothing].
Bible in Basic English
The child without a father is forced from its mother's breast, and they take the young children of the poor for debt.
Darby Translation
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:
Julia Smith Translation
They will strip the orphan from the breast, and take a pledge for the poor.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"They snatch [the] orphan from [the] breast, and they take a pledge against [the] needy.
Modern King James verseion
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge from the poor.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They spoil the sucking fatherless children, and put the poor in prison,
NET Bible
The fatherless child is snatched from the breast, the infant of the poor is taken as a pledge.
New Heart English Bible
There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,
The Emphasized Bible
Men tear, from the breast, the fatherless, and, over the poor, they take a pledge;
Webster
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
World English Bible
There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,
Youngs Literal Translation
They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.
Themes
Creditors » Often cruel in exacting debts
Creditors » Often exacted debts » By selling the debtor's family
Landmarks » Protected from fraudulent removal
Pitiless » Pitilessness condemned
The poor » The wicked » Oppress
Topics
Interlinear
Gazal
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 24:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Eighth Speech, Continued
8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter. 9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge from the poor. 10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaves from the hungry;
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Cross References
2 Kings 4:1
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead; and you know that your servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor has come to take unto him my two sons to be slaves.
Nehemiah 5:5
Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.