Job 24:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Job 24:9 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.”
King James Version · Public Domain“There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 24:9 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 24:7If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- 2 Kings 4:1Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!”
- Nehemiah 5:5We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”
- Job 22:6For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).