Job 6:27

This verse probably reads,

Yea, ye would cast lots upon the fatherless,

And bargain over your friend.

A strong invective against their unfeeling behaviour. The words are severe; the preceding passage, however, in which their refusal of sympathy (Job 6:22), and their petty faultfinding with Job's language (Job 6:25), are referred to, naturally leads up to the idea. The same phrase to cast lotsoccurs 1 Samuel 14:42, and the phrase, bargain overor make merchandise of, occurs again, Job 41:6 (Heb. 40:30), "will the partners bargain over him?" The "fatherless" is probably the child of the debtor. After his death the ruthless creditors cast lots for possession of the child as a slave.