They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
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Gill's Exposition
They cause him to go naked without clothing,.... Having taken his raiment from him for a pledge, or refusing to give him his wages for his work, whereby he might procure clothes to cover him, but that…
Barnes' Notes
And they take away the sheaf from the hungry - The meaning of this is, that the hungry are compelled to bear the sheaf for the rich without being allowed to satisfy their hunger from it. Moses…
Job's friends had been very positive in it that they should soon see the fall of wicked people, how much soever they might prosper for a while. By no means, says Job; though times are not hidden from…
Cambridge Bible
The verse carries on the idea expressed by "the poor" (Job 24:24) the poor
Which go naked without clothing;
And hungry they carry sheaves.
The point lies in the antithesis between "hungry" and…