Job 24:7

7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in 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 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work, rising early for a prey; the wilderness yields food for them and for their children.

6 In the field they reap their fodder, and the wicked gather the vintage that is not theirs.

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

8 They are wet with the floods of the mountains and embrace the rock for want of a covering.

9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast and take a pledge of the poor.