Job 24:7
They lodge naked, without clothing, And without covering from the cold.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
In Context
6In the fields they reap the harvest, And gather the vintage of the oppressor.
8They are drenched with the mountain showers, And embrace the rock for want of shelter.
Cross References
Job 22:6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother unjustly, And stripped the poor of their clothing.
Job 31:19If I have seen any one perishing for want of clothing, Or any poor man without covering;
Isaiah 58:7Is it not to break thy bread to the hungry, And to bring the poor, that are cast out, to thy house? When thou seest the naked, that thou clothe 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 →