New English Translation
Job 24:7
7They spend the night naked because they lack clothing; they have no covering against 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 they go out to their labor, seeking diligently for food; the wasteland provides food for them and for their children. 6They reap fodder in the field, and glean in the vineyard of the wicked. They spend the night naked because they lack clothing; they have no covering against the cold. 8They are soaked by mountain rains and huddle in the rocks because they lack shelter. 9The fatherless child is snatched from the breast, the infant of the poor is taken as a pledge.
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 24:10They go about naked, without clothing, and go hungry while they carry the sheaves.
- Job 22:6“For you took pledges from your brothers for no reason, and you stripped the clothing from the naked.
- Job 31:19If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing, or a poor man without a coat,
- Exodus 22:26If you do take the garment of your neighbor in pledge, you must return it to him by the time the sun goes down,
- Deuteronomy 24:11You must stand outside and the person to whom you are making the loan will bring out to you what he is offering as security.
- Isaiah 58:7I want you to share your food with the hungry and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. When you see someone naked, clothe him! Don’t turn your back on your own flesh and blood!
- Acts 9:31Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced peace and thus was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, the church increased in numbers.
- Genesis 31:40I was consumed by scorching heat during the day and by piercing cold at night, and I went without sleep.
- Proverbs 31:21She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all of 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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