Job 24:9 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.

English ASV

There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;

English Amplified

[The violent men whose wickedness seems unnoticed] pluck the fatherless infants from the breast [to sell or make them slaves], and take [the clothing on] the poor for a pledge,

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

[The violent men whose wickedness seems unnoticed] pluck the fatherless infants from the breast [to sell or make them slaves], and take [the clothing on] the poor for a pledge,

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

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

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:

English EASY 2024

When wicked people lend money to poor people, they even take a child whose father has died away from his mother.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

They take a nursing baby from its mother. They take a poor person's child to guarantee a loan.

(There are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast, and they take a pledge against the poor.)

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Evil people make slaves of fatherless infants and take the children of the poor in payment for debts.

English God's Word - GW 1995

"{People} snatch the {nursing} orphan from a breast and take a poor woman's baby as security for a loan.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

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

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

Others snatch the orphan from the breast, And against the afflicted they take a pledge.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

They snatch the fatherless from the breast and take a pledge from the poor.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"Others snatch the orphan from the breast, And against the poor they take a pledge.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

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English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Children whose fathers have died are torn away from their mothers. A poor person's baby is taken away to pay back what is owed.

English NIV

The fatherless child is snatched from the breast; the infant of the poor is seized for a debt.

English NKJ 1982

“ Some snatch the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge from the poor.

English NLT

"The wicked snatch a widow's child from her breast; they take the baby as a pledge for a loan.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

"There are those who snatch the orphan child from the breast, and take as a pledge the infant of the poor.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

(There are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast, and take in pledge the infant of the poor.)

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

“The wicked snatch fatherless children from their mother's breasts, and take a poor man's baby as a pledge before they will loan him any money or grain.

English Tyndale 1537

They spoil the sucking fatherless children, and put the poor in prison:

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