Job 24:9
They take away violently || The orphan from the breast, || And they lay a pledge on the poor.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
In Context
8From the inundation of hills they are wet, || And without a refuge—have embraced a rock.
10Naked, they have gone without clothing, || And hungry—have taken away a sheaf.
Cross References
2 Kings 4:1And a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets has cried to Elisha, saying, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you have known that your servant was fearing YHWH, and the lender has come to take my two children to himself for servants.”
Job 22:6For you take a pledge of your brother for nothing, || And you strip off the garments of the naked.
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 →