Job 24:9
The fatherless are torn from the breast, And the garment of the needy is taken for a pledge.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
In Context
8They are drenched with the mountain showers, And embrace the rock for want of shelter.
10They go naked, without clothing, And carry the sheaf hungry.
Cross References
Job 22:6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother unjustly, And stripped the poor 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 →