Job 24:9

They have used violence to deprive orphans, and they have robbed the poor common people.

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In The King James Version

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

In Context

8these are wet with the mountain rain, and, having no covering, they embrace the rocks.

10From the naked and those who do not have enough clothing, and from the hungry, they have taken away sheaves of grain.

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Cross References

2 Kings 4:1Now a certain woman, from the wives of the prophets, cried out to Elisha, saying: “My husband, your servant, is dead. And you know that your servant was one who fears the Lord. And behold, a creditor has arrived, so that he may take away my two sons to serve him.”

Job 22:6For you have taken away the collateral of your brothers without cause, and stripped them naked of their clothing.

Matthew Henry on Job 24:2-13

Outward Prosperity of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? 2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. 3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. 4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. 5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food… Read the whole commentary →

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