Job 24:7
They pass the night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
In Context
6They reap in the field the fodder thereof, and they gather the vintage of the wicked;
8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and for want of a shelter embrace the rock
Cross References
Exodus 22:26If thou at all take thy neighbour's garment in pledge, thou shalt return it to him before the sun goes down;
Deuteronomy 24:12And if the man be needy, thou shalt not lie down with his pledge;
Job 22:6For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.
Job 31:19If I have seen any perishing for want of clothing, or any needy without covering;
Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring to thy house the needy wanderers; when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
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 →