Job 24:12

Job 24:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
• New International Version (NIV)The groans of the dying rise from the city, and the souls of the wounded cry out for help. But God charges no one with wrongdoing.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The dying groan in the city, And the souls of the wounded cry out; Yet God does not charge them with wrong.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The groans of the dying rise from the city, and the wounded cry for help, yet God ignores their moaning.

Context of Job 24:12

10They go about naked, without clothing; hungry, they carry the sheaves; 11among the olive rows of the wicked they make oil; they tread the winepresses, but suffer thirst. From out of the city the dying groan, and the soul of the wounded cries for help; yet God charges no one with wrong. 13"There are those who rebel against the light, who are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths. 14The murderer rises before it is light, that he may kill the poor and needy, and in the night he is like a thief.

Job 24:12 word by word

מֵ֘עִ֤יר מְתִ֨ים׀ יִנְאָ֗קוּ וְנֶֽפֶשׁ־חֲלָלִ֥ים תְּשַׁוֵּ֑עַ וֶ֝אֱל֗וֹהַּ לֹא־יָשִׂ֥ים תִּפְלָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Menמַתmath · manH4962
• groanנָאַקnâ'aq · to groanH5008
• from out of the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• and the soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• of the woundedחָלָלchâlâl · slain: woundedH2491
• crieth outשָׁוַעshâva‛ · to cryH7768
• yet Godאֱלֹהַּ'ĕlôahh 'ĕlôahh · godH433
• layethשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• not follyתִּפְלָהtiphlâh · follyH8604

Cross-references for Job 24:12

• Exodus 1:13So they ruthlessly made the people of Israel work as slaves
• Exodus 2:23During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God.
• Exodus 22:27for that is his only covering, and it is his cloak for his body; in what else shall he sleep? And if he cries to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.
• Judges 10:16So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord, and he became impatient over the misery of Israel.
• Psalms 12:5"Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise," says the Lord; "I will place him in the safety for which he longs."
• Ecclesiastes 4:1Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.
• Isaiah 52:5Now therefore what have I here," declares the Lord, "seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Their rulers wail," declares the Lord, "and continually all the day my name is despised.
• Psalms 69:26For they persecute him whom you have struck down, and they recount the pain of those you have wounded.
• Psalms 109:22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is stricken within me.
• Psalms 50:21These things you have done, and I have been silent; you thought that I was one like yourself. But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you.
• Ecclesiastes 8:11Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil.
• Malachi 2:17You have wearied the Lord with your words. But you say, "How have we wearied him?" By saying, "Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them." Or by asking, "Where is the God of justice?"
• Malachi 3:15And now we call the arrogant blessed. Evildoers not only prosper but they put God to the test and they escape.'"
• Romans 2:4Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
• 2 Peter 3:15And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him,

Commentaries on Job 24:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Men groan from out of the city - This is a new paragraph. After having shown the oppressions carried on in the country, he takes a view of those carried on in the town. Here the miseries are too numerous to be detailed. The poor in such places are often in the most wretched state; they are not only badly fed, and miserably clothed, but also most unwholesomely lodged. I was once appointed with a benevolent gentleman, J. S., Esq., to visit a district in St…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Men groan from out of the city - The evident meaning of this is, that the sorrows caused by oppression were not confined to the deserts and to solitary places; were not seen only where the wandering freebooter seized upon the traveler, or in the comparatively unfrequented places in the country where the poor were compelled to labor in the wine presses and the olive presses of others, but that they extended to cities also. In what way this oppression in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12yet God charges no one with wrongdoing: Job thought that, unlike God's usual character, God did not help those treated wrong or stop evil people from hurting their victims (Exodus 2:23–24; Psalm 12:5; Job 24:2–12; 24:13–17).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-242-24. Instances of the wicked doing the worst deeds with seeming impunity (Job 24:2-24). Some--the wicked. landmarks--boundaries between different pastures (De 19:14; Pr 22:28).Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• God
• Covering
• Light
• Pluck
• Tread
• Fool; Folly
• Groan
• Job, Book of
• Lay; Laying
• Palestine

Commentaries on Job 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary