Job 24:9
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"Others snatchיִ֭גְזְלוּ
(yig·ze·lu)
1497: to tear away, seize, roba prim. root
the orphanיָתֹ֑ום
(ya·to·vm;)
3490: an orphanfrom an unused word
from the breast,מִשֹּׁ֣ד
(mi·shod)
7699b: (female) breastfrom the same as shad
And against 
 
5921: upon, above, overfrom alah
the poorעָנִ֥י
(a·ni)
6041: poor, afflicted, humblefrom anah
they take a pledge.יַחְבֹּֽלוּ׃
(yach·bo·lu.)
2254a: to bind, pledgea prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
They pluck
gazal  (gaw-zal')
to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob -- catch, consume, exercise (robbery), pluck (off), rob, spoil, take away (by force, violence), tear.
the fatherless
yathowm  (yaw-thome')
a bereaved person -- fatherless (child), orphan.
from the breast
shad  (shad)
the breast of a woman or animal (as bulging) -- breast, pap, teat.
and take a pledge
chabal  (khaw-bal')
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)
of the poor
`aniy  (aw-nee')
depressed, in mind or circumstances -- afflicted, humble, lowly, needy, poor.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Others snatch the orphan from the breast, And against the poor they take a pledge.

King James Bible
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral.

International Standard Version
"The fatherless are torn from the breast; the poor are taken away as security for a loan.

NET Bible
The fatherless child is snatched from the breast, the infant of the poor is taken as a pledge.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"[People] snatch the [nursing] orphan from a breast and take a poor woman's baby as security for a loan.

King James 2000 Bible
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge from the poor.
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