The Meaning of Job 24:10 Explained

Job 24:10

KJV: They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;

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;

ASV: So that they go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

They cause [him] to go  naked  without clothing,  and they take away  the sheaf  [from] the hungry; 

What does Job 24:10 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 24:1-25 - Not Here, But Hereafter
Job laments that the times of punishment are not so explained by God, that those who know Him may see and understand His reasons. He then turns to describe the life of the ungodly, who do dark deeds with apparent impunity. A very sad catalogue of crimes follows. The oppression of the needy, the driving away of the ass of the fatherless, the taking of the widow's ox for a pledge, the frequenting of the wilderness, the plunder of caravans regardless of the claims of pity, the stealing of oil and wine from those who had labored to produce them, the murdering of the poor laboring man at the dawn, the commission of crimes at night-such are the iniquities which are described. And these crimes are still committed in so-called Christian lands. Wonderful that God should bear with us, but His long-suffering would fain lead men to repent. It is only after long forbearing and trial that He cuts down.
In his closing words, Job 24:18-21, Job quotes the opinion of his friends as to the condition of the ungodly, that they pass away swiftly as the waters, and are snapped as a branch of a tree. And, in opposition, he states his own view, Job 24:23-25, that they die in exalted positions, not by a painful and lingering death, but as corn in the maturity of the ear. This also is true. Wicked men do not always meet their deserts in this world. In the next world penalty is inevitable. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 24

1  Wickedness often goes unpunished
17  There is a secret judgment for the wicked

What do the individual words in Job 24:10 mean?

Naked they cause [the poor] to go without clothing and from the hungry they take away the sheaves
עָר֣וֹם הִ֭לְּכוּ בְּלִ֣י לְב֑וּשׁ וּ֝רְעֵבִ֗ים נָ֣שְׂאוּ עֹֽמֶר

עָר֣וֹם  Naked 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: עָרֹום  
Sense: naked, bare.
הִ֭לְּכוּ  they  cause  [the  poor]  to  go 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
בְּלִ֣י  without 
Parse: Adverb
Root: בְּלִי 
Sense: wearing out adv of negation.
לְב֑וּשׁ  clothing 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: לָבוּשׁ 
Sense: clothing, garment, apparel, raiment.
וּ֝רְעֵבִ֗ים  and  from  the  hungry 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adjective, masculine plural
Root: רָעֵב 
Sense: to be hungry, be voracious.
נָ֣שְׂאוּ  they  take  away 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: נָשָׂא  
Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.
עֹֽמֶר  the  sheaves 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹמֶר 
Sense: omer.

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