World English Bible

Job 24:9

“There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,”

Verse in context — Job 24

They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.

They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for lack of a shelter.

There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,

So that they go around naked without clothing. Being hungry, they carry the sheaves.

They make oil within the walls of these men. They tread wine presses, and suffer thirst.

A poetic exploration of suffering, faith, and God’s sovereignty.