Job 24:7
The naked they cause to lodge Without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
In Context
6In a field his provender they reap, And the vineyard of the wicked they glean.
8From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge — have embraced a rock.
Cross References
Exodus 22:26if thou dost at all take in pledge the garment of thy neighbour, during the going in of the sun thou dost return it to him:
Deuteronomy 24:12'And if he is a poor man, thou dost not lie down with his pledge;
Job 22:6For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.
Job 31:19If I see [any] perishing without clothing, And there is no covering to the needy,
Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deal to the hungry thy bread, And the mourning poor bring home, That thou seest the naked and cover him, And from thine own flesh hide not thyself?
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 →