Job 24:9
יִגְזְלוּ מִשֹּׁד יָתוֹם וְֽעַל ־ עָנִי יַחְבֹּֽלוּ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
In Context
8מִזֶּרֶם הָרִים יִרְטָבוּ וּֽמִבְּלִי מַחְסֶה חִבְּקוּ ־ צֽוּר ׃
10עָרוֹם הִלְּכוּ בְּלִי לְבוּשׁ וּרְעֵבִים נָשְׂאוּ עֹֽמֶר ׃
Cross References
2 Kings 4:1וְאִשָּׁה אַחַת מִנְּשֵׁי בְנֵֽי ־ הַנְּבִיאִים צָעֲקָה אֶל ־ אֱלִישָׁע לֵאמֹר עַבְדְּךָ אִישִׁי מֵת וְאַתָּה יָדַעְתָּ כִּי עַבְדְּךָ הָיָה יָרֵא אֶת ־ יְהוָה וְהַנֹּשֶׁה בָּא לָקַחַת אֶת ־ שְׁנֵי יְלָדַי לוֹ לַעֲבָדִֽים ׃
Job 22:6כִּֽי ־ תַחְבֹּל אַחֶיךָ חִנָּם וּבִגְדֵי עֲרוּמִּים תַּפְשִֽׁיט ׃
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 →