Job 24:10
[so that] they go about naked without clothing, and being hungry they carry the sheaves.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
In Context
9There are [men] who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,
11They make oil within the walls of these men. They tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:19When thou reap thy harvest in thy field, and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, thou shall not go again to fetch it. It shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow, that LORD thy God may bless thee in all th
Amos 5:11Inasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions of wheat from him. Ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them. Ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.
Matthew Henry on Job 24:2-13
Outward Prosperity of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? 2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. 3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. 4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. 5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food… Read the whole commentary →