Job 24:9
What does Job 24:9 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 24:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;
KJV
King James Version · 1611They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The child without a father is forced from its mother's breast, and they take the young children of the poor for debt.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752They have violently robbed the fatherless, and stripped the poor common people.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Nehemiah 5:5
Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already: neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.
- 2 Kings 4:1
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear Jehovah: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen.
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