American Standard Version
Job 24:9
9There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast,And take a pledge of the poor;
Job 24:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
- New International Version (NIV)The fatherless child is snatched from the breast; the infant of the poor is seized for a debt.
- English Standard Version (ESV)(There are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast, and they take a pledge against the poor.)
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Some snatch the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge from the poor.
Context of Job 24:9
7They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold. 8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter. There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor; 10So thatthey go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves. 11They make oil within the walls of these men; They treadtheirwinepresses, and suffer thirst.
Read all of Job 24Job 24:9 word by word
יִ֭גְזְלוּ מִשֹּׁ֣ד יָת֑וֹם וְֽעַל־עָנִ֥י יַחְבֹּֽלוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 24:9
- 2 Kings 4:1Now 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.
- Nehemiah 5:5Yet 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.
Commentaries on Job 24:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9They pluck the fatherless from the breast - They forcibly take young children in order that they may bring them up in a state of slavery. This verse is the commencement of a new paragraph, and points out the arbitrary dealings of oppressors, under despotic governors. Take a pledge of the poor - Oppressive landlords who let out their grounds at an exorbitant rent, which the poor laborers, though using the utmost diligence, are unable at all times to pay…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9They pluck the fatherless from the breast - That is, they steal away unprotected children, and sell them, or make slaves of them for their own use. If this is the correct interpretation, then there existed at that time, what has existed since, so much to the disgrace of mankind, the custom of kidnapping children, and bearing them away to be sold as slaves. Slavery existed in early ages; and it must have been in some such way that slaves were procured. The…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt: See 2 Kings 4:1; Nehemiah 5:1–5; Matthew 18:25.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-242-24. Instances of the wicked doing the worst deeds with seeming impunity (Job 24:2-24). Some--the wicked. landmarks--boundaries between different pastures (De 19:14; Pr 22:28).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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