Job 24:8
From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge — have embraced a rock.
Young's Literal Translation
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
7The naked they cause to lodge Without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold.
9They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 5:2I am sleeping, but my heart waketh: 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; in deserts wandering, and [in] mountains, and [in] caves, and [in] 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 →