Job 24:10

“They cause [him] to go naked without clothing, etc.] Having taken his raiment from him for a pledge, or refusing to give him his wages for his work, whereby he might procure clothes to cover him, but that being withheld, is obliged to go naked, or next to it: and they take away the sheaf [from] the hungry; the Vulgate Latin version renders it, “ears of corn”, such as the poor man plucked as he walked through a corn field, in order to rub them in his hand, and eat of, as the disciples of Christ, with which the Pharisees were offended, (<420601>Luke 6:1); and which, according to a law in Israel, was allowed to be done, (<052325>Deuteronomy 23:25); but now so severe were these wicked men to…”

“(See on Job 22:6). In Job 24:7 a like sin is alluded to: but there he implies open robbery of garments in the desert; here, the more refined robbery in civilized life, under the name of a "pledge." Having stripped the poor, they make them besides labor in their harvest-fields and do not allow them to satisfy their hunger with any of the very corn which they carry to the heap. Worse treatment than that of the ox, according to Deu 25:4. Translate: "they (the poor laborers) hungering carry the sheaves" [UMBREIT].”

“And they take away the sheaf from the hungry - The meaning of this is, that the hungry are compelled to bear the sheaf for the rich without being allowed to satisfy their hunger from it. Moses commanded that even the ox should not be muzzled that trod out the grain Deuteronomy 25:4; but here was more aggravated cruelty than that would be, in compelling men to bear the sheaf of the harvest without allowing them even to satisfy their hunger. This is an instance of the cruelty which Job says was actually practiced on the earth, and yet God did not interpose to punish it. return to 'Top of Page'”

“The sheaf - That single sheaf which the poor man had got with the sweat of his brow to satisfy his hunger. Job 24:11”

“they take away: Deu 24:19; Amo 2:7, Amo 2:8, Amo 5:11, Amo 5:12 Job 24:11”