Key Verse Spotlight
Job 24:7 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that {they have} no covering in the cold.”
Job 24:7
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Behold, {as} wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness {yieldeth} food for them {and} for {their} children.
They reap {every one} his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked. {corn: Heb. mingled corn, or, dredge} {they gather...: Heb. the wicked gather the vintage}
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that {they have} no covering in the cold.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
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