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Job 24:7
7They pass the night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;
Job 24:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
- New International Version (NIV)Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked; they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They lie all night naked, without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They spend the night naked, without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.
Context of Job 24:7
5Lo, [as] wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking early for the prey: the wilderness [yieldeth] them food for [their] children. 6They reap in the field the fodder thereof, and they gather the vintage of the wicked; They pass the night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold; 8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and for want of a shelter embrace the rock... 9They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:
Read all of Job 24Job 24:7 word by word
עָר֣וֹם יָ֭לִינוּ מִבְּלִ֣י לְב֑וּשׁ וְאֵ֥ין כְּ֝ס֗וּת בַּקָּרָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 24:7
- Job 24:10These go naked without clothing, and, hungry, they bear the sheaf;
- Job 22:6For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.
- Job 31:19If I have seen any perishing for want of clothing, or any needy without covering;
- Exodus 22:26— If thou at all take thy neighbour's garment in pledge, thou shalt return it to him before the sun goes down;
- Deuteronomy 24:11Thou shalt stand outside, and the man to whom thou hast made a loan shall bring out the pledge to thee without.
- Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring to thy house the needy wanderers; when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
- Acts 9:31The assemblies then throughout the whole of Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being edified and walking in the fear of the Lord, and were increased through the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
- Genesis 31:40Thus it was with me: in the day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.
- Proverbs 31:21She is not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Commentaries on Job 24:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7They cause the naked to lodge without clothing - Or rather, They spend the night naked, without clothing; and without a covering from the cold: another characteristic of the wandering Arabs. They are ill-fed, ill-clothed. and often miserable off, even for tents. They can have little household stuff: as they are plunderers, they are often obliged to fly for their lives, and cannot encumber themselves with what is not absolutely needful.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7They cause the naked to lodge without clothing - They strip others of their clothing, and leave them destitute. That they have no covering in the cold - All travelers tell us, that though the day is intensely hot in the deserts of Arabia, yet the nights are often intensely cold. Hence, the sufferings of those who are plundered, and who have nothing to defend themselves from the cold air of the night.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7Those who did not lend fairly sometimes took the clothing or blankets of those in debt as a security for the loan. This left those in debt without proper clothing or covering (22:6; Exodus 22:26–27; Deuteronomy 24:11–13; Amos 2:8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-242-24. Instances of the wicked doing the worst deeds with seeming impunity (Job 24:2-24). Some--the wicked. landmarks--boundaries between different pastures (De 19:14; Pr 22:28).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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