Job 24:9New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Others snatch the orphan from the breast, And against the poor they take a pledge.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Men tear, from the breast, the fatherless, and, over the poor, they take a pledge;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— They have violently robbed the fatherless, and stripped the poor common people.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— They plucke the fatherles from the breast, and take the pledge of the poore.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— They plucke the fatherlesse from the brest, and take a pledge of the poore.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— They take by force plunder of the fatherless, and they devour the poor.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— They have snatched the fatherless from the breast, and have afflicted the outcast.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor. |
They pluck
1497 {1497} Primeגָּזַלgazal{gaw-zal'}
A primitive root; to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
the fatherless
3490 {3490} Primeיָתוֹםyathowm{yaw-thome'}
From an unused root meaning to be lonely; a bereaved person.
from the breast,
7699 {7699} Primeשַׁדshad{shad}
Probably from H7736 (in its original sense) contracted; the breast of a woman or animal (as bulging).
x4480 (4480) Complementמִןmin{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
and take a pledge
2254 {2254} Primeחָבַלchabal{khaw-bal'}
A primitive root; to wind tightly (as a rope), that is, to bind; specifically by a pledge; figuratively to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition).
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
of
x5921 (5921) Complementעַל`al{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
the poor.
6041 {6041} Primeעָנִי`aniy{aw-nee'}
From H6031; depressed, in mind or circumstances (practically the same as H6035 subjectively and H6041 objectively). |
Job 24:9
_ _ from the breast — of the widowed mother. Kidnapping children for slaves. Here Job passes from wrongs in the desert to those done among the habitations of men.
_ _ pledge — namely, the garment of the poor debtor, as Job 24:10 shows. |
Job 24:9
They — The oppressors. Pluck — Out of covetousness; they will not allow the mother time for the suckling of her infant. |
Job 24:9
They pluck the fatherless (i) from the breast, and take a pledge of (k) the poor.
(i) That is, they so pillage and plunder the poor widow that she cannot sustain herself that she may be able to nurse her baby. |
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 the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
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 unto bondage [ already]: neither [ is it] in our power [ to redeem them]; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
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