Job 24:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Job 24:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Job 24:9 in 6 Bible Translations

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Job 24:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

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

Job 24:9 — World English Bible

Job 24:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Job 24:9 — American Standard Version

Job 24:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.”

Job 24:9 — Young's Literal Translation

Job 24:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor: ”

Job 24:9 — Darby Translation

Job 24:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“They plucke the fatherles from the breast, and take the pledge of the poore.”

Job 24:9 — Geneva Bible

Job 24:9 in Context — Job 24

7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.

8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

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

10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;

11 Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

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What Does Job 24:9 Mean?

Job 24:9 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 24. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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