Job 24:7

7 spend the night naked, unclothed, in the cold without a cover,

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 They are like the wild donkeys in the desert; they go forth at dawn searching for prey; the wasteland is food for their young.

6 They gather their food in the field, glean in unproductive vineyards,

7 spend the night naked, unclothed, in the cold without a cover,

8 wet from mountain rains, with no refuge, huddled against a rock.

9 The orphan is stolen from the breast; the infant of the poor is taken as collateral.