Job 24:8
From the inundation of hills they are wet, || And without a refuge—have embraced a rock.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
In Context
7They cause the naked to lodge without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold.
9They take away violently || The orphan from the breast, || And they lay a pledge on the poor.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 5:2I am sleeping, but my heart wakes: The sound of my beloved knocking! “Open to me, my sister, my friend, || My dove, my perfect one, || For my head is filled [with] dew, || My locks [with] drops of the night.”
Hebrews 11:38of whom the world was not worthy; wandering in deserts, and mountains, and caves, and the holes of the earth;
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 →