7They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
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If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: …
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee. …
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; …
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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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-12)Job’s friends had been very positive in it that they should soon see the fall of wicked people, how much soever they might prosper for a while. By no means, says Job; though times are not hidden from the Almighty , yet those that know him do not presently see his day , Job 24:1. 1. He takes it for granted that times are not hidden from the Almighty; past times are not hidden from his judgment (Ecc…
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