Job 24:10
They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
Job 24:10 in other translations
| BSB | Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry. |
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| WEB | so that they go around naked without clothing. Being hungry, they carry the sheaves. |
| ASV | So that they go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves. |
| YLT | Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry--have taken away a sheaf. |
| DARBY | These go naked without clothing, and, hungry, they bear the sheaf; |
| BBE | Others go about without clothing, and though they have no food, they get in the grain from the fields. |
| Webster | They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry; |
What does Job 24:10 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 24:2-25
2-24. Instances of the wicked doing the worst deeds with seeming impunity (Job 24:2-24). Some--the wicked. landmarks--boundaries between different pastures (De 19:14; Pr 22:28).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 24:1-12
Job discourses further about the prosperity of the wicked. That many live at ease who are ungodly and profane, he had showed, ch. xxi. Here he shows that many who live in open defiance of all the laws of justice, succeed in wicked practices; and we do not see them reckoned with in this world. He notices those that do wrong under pretence of law and authority; and robbers, those that do wrong by force. He says, "God…
Job 24:10 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 24:10
- Amos 2:7-8
That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name: And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
- Deuteronomy 24:19
When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
- Amos 5:11-12
Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them. For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
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Context
- Job 24:9
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
- Job 24:10
They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
- Job 24:11
Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
Job 24:10 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Al desnudo hacen andar sin vestido, y á los hambrientos quitan los hacecillos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ceux-ci vont nus, sans vêtement, et, affamés, ils portent la gerbe; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Nackt gehen sie einher, ohne Gewand, und hungernd tragen sie die Garbe; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Nudis et incedentibus absque vestitu, et esurientibus tulerunt spicas. |