Job

Job 24:9–10

⁹The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast;

the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.

¹⁰Without clothing, they wander about naked.

They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The fatherless infant	יָת֑וֹם	yā·ṯō·wm	Noun - masculine singular	H3490 orphan
is snatched	יִ֭גְזְלוּ	yiḡ·zə·lū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1497 tear away, seize, rob
from the breast	מִשֹּׁ֣ד	miš·šōḏ	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H7699 violence, havoc, devastation, ruin
the nursing child	וְֽעַל־	wə·‘al-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H5921 height
of the poor	עָנִ֥י	‘ā·nî	Adjective - masculine singular	H6041 poor, afflicted, humble, meek
is seized for a debt	יַחְבֹּֽלוּ׃	yaḥ·bō·lū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H2254 bind, pledge

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Without	בְּלִ֣י	bə·lî	Adverb	H1097 wearing out
clothing	לְב֑וּשׁ	lə·ḇūš	Noun - masculine singular	H3830 garment, clothing, raiment
they wander about	הִ֭לְּכוּ	hil·lə·ḵū	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural	H1980 go, come, walk
naked	עָר֣וֹם	‘ā·rō·wm	Adjective - masculine singular	H6174 naked
They carry	נָ֣שְׂאוּ	nā·śə·’ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H5375 lift, take, carry
the sheaves	עֹֽמֶר׃	‘ō·mer	Noun - masculine singular	H6016 sheaf
but still go hungry	וּ֝רְעֵבִ֗ים	ū·rə·‘ê·ḇîm	Conjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine plural	H7457 hungry

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 24:9 Nehemiah 5:5

Job 24:10 Amos 2:7–8

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.