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Job: Judgment for the Wicked

Job 24:7

In 11 translations

BSB
Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold.
KJV
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
WEB
They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
ASV
They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.
LSV
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold.
YLT
The naked they cause to lodge Without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold.
DBY
They pass the night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;
DRC
They send men away naked, taking away their clothes who have no covering in the cold:
GNV
They cause the naked to lodge without garment, and without couering in the colde.
JPS
They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
LXXE
They have caused many naked to sleep without clothes, and they have taken away the covering of their body.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
עָר֣וֹם יָ֭לִינוּ מִבְּלִ֣י לְב֑וּשׁ וְאֵ֥ין כְּ֝ס֗וּת בַּקָּרָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Γυμνοὺς πολλοὺς ἐκοίμισαν ἄνευ ἱματίων, ἀμφίασιν δὲ ψυχῆς αὐτῶν ἀφείλαντο.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 22:26–27If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset, because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will hear, for I am…
  • Job 22:6For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
  • Deuteronomy 24:11–13You are to stand outside while the man to whom you are lending brings the security out to you. If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession; be sure to return it to him by sunset,…
  • Genesis 31:40As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.
  • Job 31:19–20if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak, if his heart has not blessed me for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,
  • Isaiah 58:7Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
  • Proverbs 31:21When it snows, she has no fear for her household, for they are all clothed in scarlet.
  • Acts 9:31Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.
  • Job 24:10Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.

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