Job 24:9
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
KJV
Vim fecerunt deprædantes pupillos, et vulgum pauperem spoliaverunt.
Vulgate
ἥρπασαν ὀρφανὸν ἀπὸ μαστοῦ, ἐκπεπτωκότα δὲ ἐταπείνωσαν.
LXX
There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;
ASV
יִ֭גְזְלוּ מִ/שֹּׁ֣ד יָת֑וֹם וְֽ/עַל עָנִ֥י יַחְבֹּֽלוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
הּ
h
noun · 3×
הוּ
hv
verb · 27×
יִּגְזֹ֤ל
ygzl
verb · 29×
יָּת֥וֹם
ytvm
noun · 42×
ךְ
k
noun · 24×
עָנִ֣י
'ny
adjective · 77×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Isa 3:14 — 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.
- Job 6:27 — Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
- Job 22:6 — For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
- Neh 5:5 — 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 unto