Job 24:7

7 At night they sleep with nothing to cover them, nothing to keep them from the cold.

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 So the poor, like wild donkeys, search for food in the dry wilderness; nowhere else can they find food for their children.

6 They have to harvest fields they don't own, and gather grapes in vineyards of the wicked.

7 At night they sleep with nothing to cover them, nothing to keep them from the cold.

8 They are drenched by the rain that falls on the mountains, and they huddle beside the rocks for shelter.

9 Evil people make slaves of fatherless infants and take the children of the poor in payment for debts.