Job 24:9

Job 24:9 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

9The fatherless child is snatched from the breast;

the infant of the poor is seized for a debt.

9“Others snatch an orphan from the breast,

And they seize it as a pledge against the poor.

9Others snatch the orphan from the breast,

And against the poor they take a pledge.

9“Others snatch the fatherless [infants] from the breast [to sell or make them slaves],

And against the poor they take a pledge [of clothing].

9The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast;

the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.

9Children whose fathers have died

are torn away from their mothers.

A poor person’s baby is taken away to pay back what is owed.