Job 24:9–10
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
They plucke the fatherlesse from the brest, and take a pledge of the poore.
They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
They cause him to go naked without clothing: and they take away the sheafe from the hungry,
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From verse 9
- Nehemiah 5:5Rank 1 from verse 9
5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and loe, wee bring into bondage our sonnes and our daughters, to bee seruants, and some of our daughters are brought vnto bondage already, neither is it in our power to redeeme them: for other men haue our lands and vineyards.
- 2 Kings 4:1Rank 2 from verse 9
1NOW there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
1¶ Now there cryed a certaine woman of the wiues of the sonnes of the Prophets vnto Elisha, saying, Thy seruant my husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy seruant did feare the LORD: and the creditour is come to take vnto him my two sonnes to be bondmen.
From verse 10
- Amos 2:7–8Rank 1 from verse 10
7That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
8And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
7That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poore, and turne aside the way of the meeke; and a man and his father will goe in vnto the ‖ same maid, to profane my holy Name.
8And they lay themselues downe vpon clothes laide to pledge, by euery Altar, and they drinke the wine of the ‖condemned in the house of their God.
- Amos 5:11–12Rank 2 from verse 10
11Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
12For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
11Forasmuch therfore as your treading is vpon the poore, and ye take from him burdens of wheate, *ye haue built houses of hewen stone, but ye shall not dwell in them: yee haue planted †pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drinke wine of them.
12For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mighty sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take a ‖bribe, and they turne aside the poore in the gate from their right.
- Deuteronomy 24:19Rank 3 from verse 10
19¶ When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
19¶ *When thou cuttest downe thine haruest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheafe in the field, thou shalt not go againe to fetch it: it shalbe for the stranger, for the fatherlesse, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may blesse thee in all the worke of thine hands.
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Job 24:9
The front part of the body between the neck and the belly.
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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
1. Lacking material means. 2. Afflicted, lowly, or humble.
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Job 24:10
Sense 1: A reason, ground, matter in dispute, or judicial case. Sense 2: As a verb, to make something happen.
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Sense 1: Wholly or inadequately unclothed, stripped of covering, bare, exposed, or destitute. Sense 2: Openly visible without concealment.
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Outside or on the exterior; beyond a boundary; lacking, absent, free from, not accompanied by, or apart from the person, thing, condition, means, or relation named.
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Sense 1: Garments or covering for the body. Sense 2: Figuratively, that which covers or invests.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
A bundle of cut stalks of grain bound together.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Feeling need or desire for food; lacking food.
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8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
8They are wet with the showres of the mountaines, and imbrace the rocke for want of a shelter.
9They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
9They plucke the fatherlesse from the brest, and take a pledge of the poore.
Selected passage10They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
10They cause him to go naked without clothing: and they take away the sheafe from the hungry,
Selected passage11Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
11 Which make oyle within their walles, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.