King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
Complete Jewish Bible:
"There are those who pluck orphans from the breast and [those who] take [the clothes of] the poor in pledge,
Berean Standard Bible:
The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.
American Standard Version:
There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
They pluck{H1497} the fatherless{H3490} from the breast{H7699}, and take a pledge{H2254} of the poor{H6041}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Nehemiah 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 bondage [already]: neither [is it] in our power [to redeem them]; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
2 Kings 4:1
- ¶ Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, 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.
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Commentary for Job 24:9
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H1497
There are 30 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: גָּזַל
Transliteration: gâzal
Pronunciation: gaw-zal'
Description: a primitive root; to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob; catch, consume, exercise (robbery), pluck (off), rob, spoil, take away (by force, violence), tear. - Strong's Number: H3490
There are 42 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: יָתוֹם
Transliteration: yâthôwm
Pronunciation: yaw-thome'
Description: from an unused root meaning to be lonely; a bereaved person; fatherless (child), orphan. - Strong's Number: H7699
There are 24 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שַׁד
Transliteration: shad
Pronunciation: shad
Description: or שֹׁד; probably from שׁוּד (in its original sense) contracted; the breast of a woman or animal (as bulging); breast, pap, teat. - Strong's Number: H2254
There are 25 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חָבַל
Transliteration: châbal
Pronunciation: khaw-bal'
Description: a primitive root; to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition); [idiom] at all, band, bring forth, (deal) corrupt(-ly), destroy, offend, lay to (take a) pledge, spoil, travail, [idiom] very, withhold. - Strong's Number: H6041
There are 78 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: עָנִי
Transliteration: ʻânîy
Pronunciation: aw-nee'
Description: from עָנָה; (practically the same as עָנָו, although the margin constantly disputes this, making עָנָו subjective and objective); depressed, in mind or circumstances; afflicted, humble, lowly, needy, poor.