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There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;
The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral.
(There are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast, and they take a pledge against the poor.)
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
The fatherless child is snatched from the breast; the infant of the poor is seized for a debt.
β Some snatch the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge from the poor.
βThe wicked snatch a widowβs child from her breast, taking the baby as security for a loan.
There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,