Job 24:7

7 Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked; they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.

Job 24:7 in Other Translations

7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.

7 They lie all night naked, without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.

7 All night they lie naked in the cold, without clothing or covering.

7 Homeless, they shiver through cold nights on the street; they've no place to lay their heads.

7 Without clothing, they spend the night naked, having no covering against 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 Like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go about their labor of foraging food; the wasteland provides food for their children.

6 They gather fodder in the fields and glean in the vineyards of the wicked.

7 Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked; they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.

8 They are drenched by mountain rains and hug the rocks for lack of shelter.

9 The fatherless child is snatched from the breast; the infant of the poor is seized for a debt.

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 22:27; Job 22:6