Job 24:9
They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.
Young's Literal Translation
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 hath cried unto Elisha, saying, 'Thy servant, my husband, is dead, and thou hast known that thy servant was fearing Jehovah, and the lender hath come to take my two children to him for servants.'
Job 22:6For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip 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 →