Job 24:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁹ The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ They pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ [The violent men whose wickedness seems unnoticed] pluck the fatherless infants from the breast [to sell or make them slaves], and take [the clothing on] the poor for a pledge,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;

Common English Bible

⁹ The orphan is stolen from the breast; the infant of the poor is taken as collateral.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ They have used violence to deprive orphans, and they have robbed the poor common people.

Job 24:9 Cross References

2 Kings 4:1

One of the wives of the sons of the prophets  cried out to Elisha, ‘Your servant, my husband, has died. You know that your servant feared the Lord.  Now the creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves.’

Nehemiah 5:5

We 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  because our fields and vineyards belong to others.’

Job 22:6

For you took collateral  from your brothers without cause, stripping off their clothes and leaving them naked.

Job 24:10

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

Job 24:8

Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against   the rocks, without shelter.

Job 29:12

For I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the fatherless child who had no one to support him.

Job 6:27

No doubt you would cast lots for a fatherless child and negotiate a price to sell your friend.

Isaiah 3:14

The Lord brings this charge against the elders and leaders of his people: ‘You have devastated the vineyard. The plunder from the poor is in your houses.

Deuteronomy 24:7

‘If a man is discovered kidnapping  one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. You must purge the evil from you.