New Living Translation
Job 24:7
7All night they lie naked in the cold, without clothing or covering.
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 wilderness, the poor must spend all their time looking for food, searching even in the desert for food for their children. 6They harvest a field they do not own, and they glean in the vineyards of the wicked. All night they lie naked in the cold, without clothing or covering. 8They are soaked by mountain showers, and they huddle against the rocks for want of a home. 9“The wicked snatch a widow’s child from her breast, taking the 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 24:7
- Job 24:10The poor must go about naked, without any clothing. They harvest food for others while they themselves are starving.
- Job 22:6“For example, you must have lent money to your friend and demanded clothing as security. Yes, you stripped him to the bone.
- Job 31:19Whenever I saw the homeless without clothes and the needy with nothing to wear,
- Exodus 22:26If you take your neighbor’s cloak as security for a loan, you must return it before sunset.
- Deuteronomy 24:11You must wait outside while he goes in and brings it out to you.
- Isaiah 58:7Share your food with the hungry, and give shelter to the homeless. Give clothes to those who need them, and do not hide from relatives who need your help.
- Acts 9:31The church then had peace throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, and it became stronger as the believers lived in the fear of the Lord. And with the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, it also grew in numbers.
- Genesis 31:40“I worked for you through the scorching heat of the day and through cold and sleepless nights.
- Proverbs 31:21She has no fear of winter for her household, for everyone has warm clothes.
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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