Job 24:9
The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
In Context
8Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.
10Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
Cross References
2 Kings 4:1Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!”
Job 22:6For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived 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 →