Job 24:9

The others pluck from the breast the fatherless, and the garment of the poor they take in pledge.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8Through the sweeping rain of the mountains are they made wet, and for want of a shelter do they embrace the rock.

10They cause him to go naked without clothing, and from the hungry they take away the sheaf:

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Cross References

2 Kings 4:1And a certain woman, of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried unto Elisha', saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou well knowest that thy servant was one who feared the Lord: and now the creditor is come to take my two sons unto himself for servants.

Job 22:6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brothers for nought, and stripped the 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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