“There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,”
— WEB
Job 24:9
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.”
— KJV
“There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;”
— ASV
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Commentary
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.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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