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Job 24:9–11

(There are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast,

and they take a pledge against the poor.)

10  They go about naked, without clothing;

hungry, they wcarry the sheaves;

11  among the olive rows of the wicked3 they make oil;

they tread the winepresses, but suffer thirst.

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Job 24:9–11 — The New International Version (NIV)

The fatherless child is snatched from the breast;

the infant of the poor is seized for a debt.

10 Lacking clothes, they go about naked;

they carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.

11 They crush olives among the terraces;

they tread the winepresses, yet suffer thirst.

Job 24:9–11 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

They pluck the fatherless from the breast,

And take a pledge of the poor.

10 They cause him to go naked without clothing,

And they take away the sheaf from the hungry;

11 Which make oil within their walls,

And tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

Job 24:9–11 — New Living Translation (NLT)

“The wicked snatch a widow’s child from her breast,

taking the baby as security for a loan.

10 The poor must go about naked, without any clothing.

They harvest food for others while they themselves are starving.

11 They press out olive oil without being allowed to taste it,

and they tread in the winepress as they suffer from thirst.

Job 24:9–11 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Some snatch the fatherless from the breast,

And take a pledge from the poor.

10 They cause the poor to go naked, without clothing;

And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.

11 They press out oil within their walls,

And tread winepresses, yet suffer thirst.

Job 24:9–11 — New Century Version (NCV)

The fatherless child is grabbed from its mother’s breast;

they take a poor mother’s baby to pay for what she owes.

10 So the poor go around naked without any clothes;

they carry bundles of grain but still go hungry;

11 they crush olives to get oil

and grapes to get wine, but they still go thirsty.

Job 24:9–11 — American Standard Version (ASV)

There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast,

And take a pledge of the poor;

10 So that they go about naked without clothing,

And being hungry they carry the sheaves.

11 They make oil within the walls of these men;

They tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

Job 24:9–11 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor: 10 These go naked without clothing, and, hungry, they bear the sheaf; 11 They press out oil within their walls, they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

Job 24:9–11 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

“⸤People⸥ snatch the ⸤nursing⸥ orphan from a breast 

and take a poor woman’s baby as security for a loan. 

10 ⸤That is why⸥ the poor go around naked. 

They are hungry, yet they carry bundles of grain. 

11 They press out olive oil between rows ⸤of olive trees⸥. 

They stomp on grapes in wine vats, yet they are thirsty. 

Job 24:9–11 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast;

the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral.

10 Without clothing, they wander about naked.

They carry sheaves but go hungry.

11 They crush olives in their presses;

they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.

Job 24:9–11 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

“There are those who snatch the orphan child from the breast,

and take as a pledge the infant of the poor.

10 They go about naked, without clothing;

though hungry, they carry the sheaves;

11 between their terraces they press out oil;

they tread the wine presses, but suffer thirst.

Job 24:9–11 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

“They snatch the orphan from the breast,

and they take a pledge against the needy.

10 They go about naked, without clothing,

and hungry, they carry the sheaves.

11 Between their terraces they press out oil;

they tread the presses, but they are thirsty.

Job 24:9–11 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Children whose fathers have died

are torn away from their mothers.

A poor person’s baby is taken away to pay back what is owed.

10 The poor don’t have any clothes. They go around naked.

They carry bundles of grain, but they still go hungry.

11 They work very hard as they crush olives.

They stomp on grapes in winepresses,

but they are still thirsty.

Job 24:9–11 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

“Others snatch the orphan from the breast,

And against the poor they take a pledge.

10 “They cause the poor to go about naked without clothing,

And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.

11 Within the walls they produce oil;

They tread wine presses but thirst.


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