Job 24:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry; They cause him to go naked - These cruel, hard-hearted oppressors seize the cloth made for the family wear, or the wool and flax out of which such clothes should be made.

And they take away the sheaf - Seize the grain as soon as it is reaped, that they may pay themselves the exorbitant rent at which they have leased out their land: and thus the sheaf - the thraves and ricks, by which they should have been supported, are taken away from the hungry.

Job 24:10

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