“They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.”
Job 24:9 (KJV) |
Job 24:9
From Job 24, in the Book of Job (Old Testament).
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They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
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They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
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They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
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They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
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Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.