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Job 24:7

Job 24:7
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

They cause the naked to lodge without clothing - They strip others of their clothing, and leave them destitute. That they have no covering in the cold - All travelers tell us, that though the day is…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 24:1-12

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The verse means,

They lie all night naked, without clothing,

They have no covering in the cold.