Job 24:10
Naked, they have gone without clothing, || And hungry—have taken away a sheaf.
Literal Standard 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
9They take away violently || The orphan from the breast, || And they lay a pledge on the poor.
11They make oil between their walls, || They have trodden winepresses, and thirst.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:19When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgotten a sheaf in a field, you do not return to take it; it is for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow, so that your God YHWH blesses you in all the work of your hands.
Amos 5:11Therefore, because of your trampling on the poor, || And the tribute of grain you take from him, || Houses of hewn work you have built, || And you do not dwell in them, || Desirable vineyards you have planted, || And you do not drink their wine.
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 →