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“They[a] snatch the orphan from the breast,
and they take a pledge against the needy.[b]
10 They[c] go about naked, without clothing,
and hungry, they carry the sheaves.[d]
11 Between their terraces they press out oil;
they tread the presses, but[e] they are thirsty.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 24:9 That is, those who oppress the poor
  2. Job 24:9 Or “And they take the child of the needy as a pledge”
  3. Job 24:10 That is, the poor
  4. Job 24:10 Or “and they carry the sheaves though hungry”
  5. Job 24:11 Hebrew “and”