Job 24:9

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They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.	They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.	They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

They pluck^H1497 the fatherless^H3490 from the breast^H7699, and take a pledge^H2254 of the poor^H6041.

Original Hebrew

יִגְזְלוּ מִשֹּׁד יָתֹום וְעַל־עָנִי יַחְבֹּלוּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
יִ֭גְזְלוּ	Yig.ze.lu	H1497	HVqi3mp	people tear away
מִ/שֹּׁ֣ד	mi./Shod	H7699	HR/Ncmsa	from/ (the) breast
יָת֑וֹם	ya.Tom	H3490	HNcmsa	a fatherless one
וְֽ/עַל	ve./'al-	H5764	HC/R	and/ on
עָנִ֥י	'a.Ni	H6041	HAamsa	(the) poor
יַחְבֹּֽלוּ	yach.Bo.lu	H2254	HVqi3mp	they take pledges

Strong's References

H1497 — גָּזַל (gâzal, gaw-zal'): a primitive root; to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob; catch, consume, exercise (robbery), pluck (off), rob, spoil, take away (by force, violence), tear.
H2254 — חָבַל (châbal, khaw-bal'): a primitive root; to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition); [idiom] at all, band, bring forth, (deal) corrupt(-ly), destroy, offend, lay to (take a) pledge, spoil, travail, [idiom] very, withhold.
H3490 — יָתוֹם (yâthôwm, yaw-thome'): from an unused root meaning to be lonely; a bereaved person; fatherless (child), orphan.
H6041 — עָנִי (ʻânîy, aw-nee'): from עָנָה (ʻânâh) H6031; (practically the same as עָנָו (ʻânâv) H6035, although the margin constantly disputes this, making עָנָו (ʻânâv) H6035 subjective and objective); depressed, in mind or circumstances; afflicted, humble, lowly, needy, poor.
H7699 — שַׁד (shad, shad): or שֹׁד (shôd); probably from שׁוּד (shûwd) H7736 (in its original sense) contracted; the breast of a woman or animal (as bulging); breast, pap, teat.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H5764 — עוּל (ʻûwl, ool): from עוּל (ʻûwl) H5763; a babe; sucking child, infant.

Cross References

Related Topics

Thompson Chain: SYMPATHY-PITILESSNESS
Torrey’s: CREDITORS; POOR, THE
Nave’s: CHILDREN; CREDITOR; DEBT; DISHONESTY; GOD; HOMICIDE; ORPHAN; POOR; WICKED (PEOPLE)

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