Job 24:9

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September 23, 2025
KJV
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
The 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.
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