Job 24:7

They lie naked all night without clothing; 1 they have no covering in the cold. 1

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In The King James Version

They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.

In Context

6Poor people reap in the night in other people's fields; 1 they glean grapes from the harvest of those wicked people. 1

8They are wet with the showers of the mountains; 1 they lie next to large rocks because they have no shelter. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 22:26If you take your neighbor's garment in pledge, you must return it to him before the sun goes down,

Deuteronomy 24:12If he is a poor man, you must not sleep with his pledge in your possession.

Job 22:6For you have demanded guarantee of a loan from your brother for no reason, 1 and you have stripped away clothing from the naked. 1

Job 31:19If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, 1 or if I have seen that a needy man had no clothing; 1

Isaiah 58:7Is it not to break your bread with the hungry and to bring the poor and homeless into your house?” 1 When you see someone naked, you should clothe him; and you should not hide yourself from your own relatives. 1

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 →

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