King James Version
Job 24:7 in the King James Version says “They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.” — study this verse from Job chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.”
Job 24:7 · KJV
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“to lodge”
H3885to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain)
properly, failure, i.e., nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc
“without clothing”
H3830a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife
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