Verse Comparison: Job 24:9
American Standard Version
There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;
Amplified® Bible
[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,
Contemporary English Version
Children whose fathers have died are taken from their mothers as payment for a debt.
Darby English Version
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:
Good News Bible
Evil people make slaves of fatherless infants and take the children of the poor in payment for debts.
King James Version
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
New American Standard Bible
"Others snatch the orphan from the breast, And against the poor they take a pledge.
New International Version
The fatherless child is snatched from the breast;
the infant of the poor is seized for a debt.
New King James Version
“Some snatch the fatherless from the breast,
And take a pledge from the poor.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Others snatch the orphan from the breast, And against the poor they take a pledge.
Revised Standard Version
(There are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast, and take in pledge the infant of the poor.)
Young's Literal Translation
They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.
