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New Century Version

Job 24:7

They spend the night naked, because they have no clothes, nothing to cover themselves in the cold.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Dishonesty;   Homicide;   Poor;   Wicked (People);   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Creditors;   Poor, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Pledge;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ass;   Justice;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cold;   Cover;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jubilees, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Without clothing, they spend the night naked,having no covering against the cold.
Hebrew Names Version
They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.
King James Version
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
English Standard Version
They lie all night naked, without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
New English Translation
They spend the night naked because they lack clothing; they have no covering against the cold.
Amplified Bible
"They spend the night naked, without clothing, And have no covering against the cold.
New American Standard Bible
"They spend the night naked, without clothing, And have no covering against the cold.
World English Bible
They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.
Geneva Bible (1587)
They cause the naked to lodge without garment, and without couering in the colde.
Legacy Standard Bible
They spend the night naked, without clothing,And have no covering against the cold.
Berean Standard Bible
Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold.
Contemporary English Version
They sleep naked in the cold, because they have no cover,
Complete Jewish Bible
They pass the night without clothing, naked, uncovered in the cold,
Darby Translation
They pass the night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;
Easy-to-Read Version
They must sleep all night without clothes. They have no covers to protect them from the cold.
George Lamsa Translation
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, and they have no covering in the cold.
Good News Translation
At night they sleep with nothing to cover them, nothing to keep them from the cold.
Lexham English Bible
They spend the night naked, without clothing, and they have no garment in the cold.
Literal Translation
They lodge naked ones without clothing, and they give no cover against the cold.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They are the cause yt so many men are naked and bare, hauynge no clothes to couer them and kepe them from colde:
American Standard Version
They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.
Bible in Basic English
They take their rest at night without clothing, and have no cover in the cold.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
King James Version (1611)
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they haue no couering in the cold.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
They cause the naked to lodge without garment, and without couering in the colde.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
They have caused many naked to sleep without clothes, and they have taken away the covering of their body.
English Revised Version
They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thei leeuen men nakid, and taken awei the clothis, to whiche men is noon hiling in coold;
Update Bible Version
They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.
Webster's Bible Translation
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that [they have] no covering in the cold.
New King James Version
They spend the night naked, without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.
New Living Translation
All night they lie naked in the cold, without clothing or covering.
New Life Bible
They lie all night without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
New Revised Standard
They lie all night naked, without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Ill-clad, they are left to lodge without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;
Douay-Rheims Bible
They send men away naked, taking away their clothes who have no covering in 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.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"They spend the night naked, without clothing, And have no covering against the cold.

Contextual Overview

1 "I wish the Almighty would set a time for judging. Those who know God do not see such a day. 2 Wicked people take other people's land; they steal flocks and take them to new pastures. 3 They chase away the orphan's donkey and take the widow's ox when she has no money. 4 They push needy people off the path; all the poor of the land hide from them. 5 The poor become like wild donkeys in the desert who go about their job of finding food. The desert gives them food for their children. 6 They gather hay and straw in the fields and pick up leftover grapes from the vineyard of the wicked. 7 They spend the night naked, because they have no clothes, nothing to cover themselves in the cold. 8 They are soaked from mountain rains and stay near the large rocks because they have no shelter. 9 The fatherless child is grabbed from its mother's breast; they take a poor mother's baby to pay for what she owes. 10 So the poor go around naked without any clothes; they carry bundles of grain but still go hungry;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the naked: Job 24:10, Job 22:6, Job 31:19, Job 31:20, Exodus 22:26, Exodus 22:27, Deuteronomy 24:11-13, Isaiah 58:7, Acts 9:31

no covering: Genesis 31:40, Proverbs 31:21, *marg.

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 24:13 - deliver Proverbs 25:20 - that taketh Ecclesiastes 4:1 - and considered

Cross-References

Genesis 13:15
All this land that you see I will give to you and your descendants forever.
Genesis 15:18
So on that day the Lord made an agreement with Abram and said, "I will give to your descendants the land between the river of Egypt and the great river Euphrates.
Genesis 17:8
You live in the land of Canaan now as a stranger, but I will give you and your descendants all this land forever. And I will be the God of your descendants."
Genesis 24:1
Abraham was now very old, and the Lord had blessed him in every way.
Genesis 24:3
Make a promise to me before the Lord , the God of heaven and earth. Don't get a wife for my son from the Canaanite girls who live around here.
Genesis 24:4
Instead, go back to my country, to the land of my relatives, and get a wife for my son Isaac."
Genesis 24:5
The servant said to him, "What if this woman does not want to return with me to this land? Then, should I take your son with me back to your homeland?"
Genesis 24:6
Abraham said to him, "No! Don't take my son back there.
Genesis 24:7
The Lord , the God of heaven, brought me from the home of my father and the land of my relatives. And he promised me, ‘I will give this land to your descendants.' The Lord will send his angel before you to help you get a wife for my son there.
Genesis 24:16
She was very pretty, a virgin; she had never had sexual relations with a man. She went down to the spring and filled her jar, then came back up.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 intensely hot in the deserts of Arabia, yet the nights are often intensely cold. Hence, the sufferings of those who are plundered, and who have nothing to defend themselves from the cold air of the night.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 24:7. They cause the naked to lodge without clothing — Or rather, They spend the night naked, without clothing; and without a covering from the cold: another characteristic of the wandering Arabs. They are ill-fed, ill-clothed. and often miserable off, even for tents. They can have little household stuff: as they are plunderers, they are often obliged to fly for their lives, and cannot encumber themselves with what is not absolutely needful.


 
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