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Job 24:9

King James Version (KJV)

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— D.L. Moody

Job 24:9

Verse 9 of 25

Scripture focus

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

Job 24:9 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 24:9

Theological / Devotional

Pluck the fatherless. This is a reference to the vicious custom of taking children into slavery in satisfaction of their father’s debt (see Neh. 5:5; cf. 2 Kings 4:7).

Take a pledge. See on ch. 22:6.

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