9 The fatherless child is snatched from the breast;

the infant of the poor is seized for a debt.

9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast,

And take a pledge of the poor.

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

taking the baby as security for a loan.

9 “Some snatch the fatherless from the breast,

And take a pledge from the poor.

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

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

9 There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast,

And take a pledge of the poor;

9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:

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

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

9 The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast;

the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral.

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

and take as a pledge the infant of the poor.

9 “They snatch the orphan from the breast,

and they take a pledge against the needy.

9 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.

9 “Others snatch the orphan from the breast,

And against the poor they take a pledge.