Job 24:9

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Job 24:9

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.

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KJV

King James Version

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

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WEB

World English Bible

There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,

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ASV

American Standard Version

There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Job 24

⁷ Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold.

⁸ Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.

⁹ The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.

¹⁰ Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.

¹¹ They crush olives within their walls; they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.

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