Job 24:9

Men tear, from the breast, the fatherless, and, over the poor, they take a pledge;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8With the sweeping rain of the mountains, are they wet, and, through having no shelter, they embrace a rock.

10Naked, they go about without clothing, and, famished, they carry the sheaves;

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Cross References

2 Kings 4:1Now, a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets, made outcry unto Elisha, saying—Thy servant, my husband, is dead, and, thou, knowest that, thy servant, was one who revered Yahweh,—now, the creditor, hath come to take my two boys to himself as bondmen.

Job 22:6Surely then hast been wont to put thy brother in pledge, for nothing, and, the garments of the ill-clad, hast thou stripped off:

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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