Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Eli´sha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
Job 24:9 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [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) There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor; Common English Bible The orphan is stolen from the breast; the infant of the poor is taken as collateral. Catholic Public Domain Version They have used violence to deprive orphans, and they have robbed the poor common people. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They have violently robbed the fatherless, and stripped the poor common people. |
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Eli´sha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
Yet 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 redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.