The invention discloses a grabbing device for vegetable pickling. The grabbing device comprises a pickling table, a crane frame, a grabbing device body, a pickle grabhook and a transfer trolley, wherein a plurality of pairs of parallel traveling rails are arranged on the top face of the pickling table, and a pair of transverse rails is arranged between each pair of traveling rails; a crane beam is arranged on the crane frame and is connected with a rack; the grabbing device body comprises a moving seat, the moving seat is connected with a translation motor, the translation motor is connected with a gear, and the gear is meshed with the rack; the moving seat is connected with a first telescopic rod and a second telescopic rod, and the bottom end of the first telescopic rod is connected with a jar cover grabhook; the pickle grabhook comprises a grabhook seat, the bottom end of the grabhook seat is connected with a pair of supporting seats, and the bottom ends of the supporting seats are rotationally connected with a pair of grabhook fingers; and the transfer trolley moves on a connecting rail, the transverse rails and longitudinal rails. According to the grabbing device for vegetable pickling, a ground rail type moving mechanism is adopted, and therefore, the stability performance can be improved; and the opening degree of the grabhook fingers of the pickle grabhook can be adjusted, so that grabbing is convenient.