Job 24:7

7 Without clothing, they spend the night naked, having no covering against the cold.[a]

Job 24:7 Meaning and Commentary

Job 24:7

They cause the naked to lodge without clothing
That is, such as are poorly clothed, thinly arrayed, have scarce anything but rags, and yet so cruel the wicked men above described, that they take these away from the poor, and even their bed clothes, which seem chiefly designed; so that they are obliged to lodge or lie all night without anything upon them:

that [they have] no covering in the cold;
neither in the daytime, nor in the night, and especially the latter; and having no house to go to, and obliged to lay themselves down upon the bare ground, had nothing to cover them from the inclemency of the weather; for even in hot countries nights are sometimes cold, and large dews fall, yea, sometimes it is a frost, see ( Genesis 31:40 ) .

Job 24:7 In-Context

5 Like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go out to their task of foraging for food; the wilderness provides nourishment for their children.
6 They gather their fodder in the field and glean the vineyards of the wicked.
7 Without clothing, they spend the night naked, having no covering against the cold.
8 Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks, shelterless.
9 The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Jb 22:6; 24:10; Ex 22:26-27
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