Key Verse Spotlight
Job 24:9 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.”
Job 24:9
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that {they have} no covering in the cold.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
They cause {him} to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf {from} the hungry;
{Which} make oil within their walls, {and} tread {their} winepresses, and suffer thirst.
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