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“The wicked snatch a widow’s child from her breast, taking the baby as security for a loan.
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American Standard Version
There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;
Christian Standard Bible
The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral.
English Standard Version
(There are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast, and they take a pledge against the poor.)
King James Version
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
New American Standard Bible
“ Others snatch an orphan from the breast, And they seize it as a pledge against the poor.
New International Version
The fatherless child is snatched from the breast; the infant of the poor is seized for a debt.
New King James Version
“ Some snatch the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge from the poor.
World English Bible
There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,