Job 24:7
What does Job 24:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 24:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.
KJV
King James Version · 1611They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949They take their rest at night without clothing, and have no cover in the cold.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862The naked they cause to lodge Without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752They send men away naked, taking away their clothes who have no covering in the cold:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890They pass the night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 22:6
For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.
- Job 24:10
So thatthey go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves.
- Acts 9:31
So the church throughout all Judæa and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being edified; and, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was multiplied.
- Exodus 22:26
If thou at all take thy neighbor’s garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goeth down:
- Proverbs 31:21
She is not afraid of the snow for her household; For all her household are clothed with scarlet.
- Isaiah 58:7
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
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