God’s Word Translation
Job 24:7
7All night they lie naked without a covering from 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
5Like wild donkeys in the desert, poor people go out to do their work, looking for food. The plains provide food for their children. 6They harvest animal food in the field ⌞to feed themselves⌟. They pick the leftover grapes in the wicked person’s vineyard. All night they lie naked without a covering from the cold. 8They are drenched by the rainstorms in the mountains. They hug the rocks because they can’t find shelter. 9“⌞People⌟ snatch the ⌞nursing⌟ orphan from a breast and take a poor woman’s baby as security for a loan.
Read all of Job 24Job 24:7 word by word
עָר֣וֹם יָ֭לִינוּ מִבְּלִ֣י לְב֑וּשׁ וְאֵ֥ין כְּ֝ס֗וּת בַּקָּרָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 24:7
- Job 24:10⌞That is why⌟ the poor go around naked. They are hungry, yet they carry bundles of grain.
- Job 22:6For no reason you take your brothers’ goods as security for a loan and strip them of their clothes.
- Job 31:19If I have seen anyone die because he had no clothes or a poor person going naked….
- Exodus 22:26If you take any of your neighbor’s clothes as collateral, give it back to him by sunset.
- Deuteronomy 24:11Wait outside, and the person to whom you’re making the loan will bring the deposit out to you.
- Isaiah 58:7Share your food with the hungry, take the poor and homeless into your house, and cover them with clothes when you see ⌞them⌟ naked. Don’t refuse to help your relatives.
- Acts 9:31Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace. The number of people increased as people lived in the fear of the Lord and the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
- Genesis 31:40The scorching heat during the day and the cold at night wore me down, and I lost a lot of sleep.
- Proverbs 31:21She does not fear for her family when it snows because her whole family has a double layer of clothing.
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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