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They have to work in the fields, harvesting grain.
    They work for the rich,[a] gathering grapes in their vineyards.
They must sleep all night without clothes.
    They have no covers to protect them from the cold.
They are soaked with rain in the mountains.
    They stay close to the large rocks for shelter.

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  1. Job 24:6 the rich Or “the wicked.”

They gather fodder(A) in the fields
    and glean in the vineyards(B) of the wicked.(C)
Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked;
    they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.(D)
They are drenched(E) by mountain rains
    and hug(F) the rocks for lack of shelter.(G)

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They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.

They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.

They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

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