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

Read Job 24:9 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

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 Ils passent la nuit dans la nudité, sans vêtement, Sans couverture contre le froid;

8 Ils sont percés par la pluie des montagnes, Et ils embrassent les rochers comme unique refuge.

9 On arrache l’orphelin à la mamelle, On prend des gages sur le pauvre.

10 Ils vont tout nus, sans vêtement, Ils sont affamés, et ils portent les gerbes;

11 Dans les enclos de l’impie ils font de l’huile, Ils foulent le pressoir, et ils ont soif;

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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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