Job 24:7 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 24:7

5 Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert,
They go out to their work, searching for food.
The wilderness yields food for them and for their children.

6 They gather their fodder in the field
And glean in the vineyard of the wicked.

7 They ^aspend the night naked, without clothing,
And have no covering in the cold.

8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains,
And ^ahuddle around the rock for want of shelter.

9 “Some snatch the fatherless from the breast,
And take a pledge from the poor.

10 They cause the poor to go naked, without ^aclothing;
And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.

11 They press out oil within their walls,
And tread winepresses, yet suffer thirst.

12 The dying groan in the city,
And the souls of the wounded cry out;
Yet God does not charge them with wrong.

13 “There are those who rebel against the light;
They do not know its ways
Nor abide in its paths.

14 ^aThe murderer rises with the light;
He kills the poor and needy;
And in the night he is like a thief.

New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.

Verse Comparison: Job 24:7

American Standard Version
They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.

Amplified® Bible
They lie all night naked, without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.

Contemporary English Version
They sleep naked in the cold, because they have no cover,

Darby English Version
They pass the night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;

Good News Bible
At night they sleep with nothing to cover them, nothing to keep them from the cold.

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

New American Standard Bible
"They spend the night naked, without clothing, And have no covering against the cold.

New International Version
Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked;
they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.

New King James Version
They spend the night naked, without clothing,
And have no covering in the cold.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" They spend the night naked, without clothing, And have no covering against the cold.

Revised Standard Version
They lie all night naked, without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.

Young's Literal Translation
The naked they cause to lodge Without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold.

Join 137,059+ readers

A Verse and a Thought,
Every Morning

Consistent Bible study is hard to start.

The Berean gives you the starting point: one scripture and a focused commentary in your inbox each morning — read it in minutes, or go as deep as you like.

Free, daily, and spam-free. We never share your address. Unsubscribe anytime.