Job 24:7

7 All night they lie naked without a covering 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 Like wild donkeys in the desert, poor people go out to do their work, looking for food. The plains provide food for their children.

6 They harvest animal food in the field [to feed themselves]. They pick the leftover grapes in the wicked person's vineyard.

7 All night they lie naked without a covering from the cold.

8 They are drenched by the rainstorms in the mountains. They hug the rocks because they can't find shelter.

9 "[People] snatch the [nursing] orphan from a breast and take a poor woman's baby as security for a loan.