They pluck the fatherless from the
breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
BSB
The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.
WEB
There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,
YLT
They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.
F.O.G Original
–
F.O.G
–
F.O.G MSG
⁹The ruthless snatch fatherless babies from their mothers’ breasts
and take the poor man’s infant as security for loans.ᵃ
Footnotes:
⁹ᵃ Security for loans: In ancient times, creditors could take children as collateral, essentially making them slaves until the debt was paid. This practice, while legal, was considered morally reprehensible.