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

10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and take the gleaning from the hungry.

11 They that make oil [c]between their walls, and tread their winepresses, suffer thirst.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 24:9 That is, they so powle and pill the poor widow, that she cannot have to sustain herself that she may be able to give her child suck.
  2. Job 24:9 That is, his garment, wherewith he should be covered or clad.
  3. Job 24:11 In such places which are appointed for that purpose: meaning, that those that labor for the wicked, are pined for hunger.

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