Job 24:9
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor. | The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt. | There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor; |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| people tear away | יִ֭גְזְלוּ | YIG-ze-lu | H1497 | to plunderגָּזַל (ga.zal) 1) to tear away, seize, plunder, tear off, pull off, rob, take away by force 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to tear away, rob 1a2) to seize, plunder (with acc cognate) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be robbed 1b2) to be taken away |
| from [the] breast | מִשֹּׁ֣ד | mi-SHOD | H7699B | breastשֹׁד (shod) 1) breast, bosom, (female) breast 1a) breast (of woman) 1b) breast (of animal) 1c) breast (of both human and animal) |
| a fatherless one | יָת֑וֹם | ya-TOM | H3490 | orphanיָתוֹם (ya.tom) an orphan, fatherless |
| and on | וְֽעַל־ | ve-'al- | H5921A | uponעַל (al) prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) … |
| [the] poor | עָנִ֥י | 'a-NI | H6041 | afflictedעָנִי (a.ni) 1) poor, afflicted, humble, wretched 1a) poor, needy 1b) poor and weak 1c) poor, weak, afflicted, wretched 1d) humble, lowly |
| they take pledges | יַחְבֹּֽלוּ׃ | yach-BO-lu | H2254A | to pledgeחָבַל (cha.val) 1) to bind 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bind 2) to take a pledge, lay to pledge 2a) (Qal) to hold by a pledge, take in pledge, hold in pledge 2b) (Niphal) to give a pledge, become pledged |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.