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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)From out of the city the dying groan, and the soul of the wounded cries for help; yet God charges no one with wrong.
• 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.

Context of Job 24:12

10They cause the poor to go about naked without clothing, And they take away the sheaves from the hungry. 11Within the walls they produce oil; They tread wine presses but thirst. From the city men groan, And the souls of the wounded cry out; Yet God does not pay attention to folly. 13“Others have been with those who rebel against the light; They do not want to know its ways Nor abide in its paths. 14The murderer arises at dawn; He kills the poor and the needy, And at night he is as a thief.

Job 24:12 word by word

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

• From the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• menמַתmath · manH4962
• groanנָאַקnâ'aq · to groanH5008
• And the soulsנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• of the woundedחָלָלchâlâl · slain: woundedH2491
• cryשָׁוַעshâva‛ · to cryH7768
• Yet Godאֱלֹהַּ'ĕlôahh 'ĕlôahh · godH433
• does not payשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• to follyתִּפְלָהtiphlâh · follyH8604

Cross-references for Job 24:12

• Exodus 1:13The Egyptians compelled the sons of Israel to labor rigorously;
• Exodus 2:23Now it came about in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry for help because of their bondage rose up to God.
• Exodus 22:27for that is his only covering; it is his cloak for his body. What else shall he sleep in? And it shall come about that when he cries out to Me, I will hear him, for I am gracious.
• Judges 10:16So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord; and He could bear the misery of Israel no longer.
• Psalms 12:5“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will set him in the safety for which he longs.”
• Ecclesiastes 4:1Then I looked again at all the acts of oppression which were being done under the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and that they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them.
• Isaiah 52:5Now therefore, what do I have here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that My people have been taken away without cause?” Again the Lord declares, “Those who rule over them howl, and My name is continually blasphemed all day long.
• Psalms 69:26For they have persecuted him whom You Yourself have smitten, And they tell of the pain of those whom You have wounded.
• Psalms 109:22For I am afflicted and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.
• Psalms 50:21These things you have done and I kept silence; You thought that I was just like you; I will reprove you and state the case in order before your eyes.
• Ecclesiastes 8:11Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil.
• Malachi 2:17You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you say, “How have we wearied Him?” In that you say, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and He delights in them,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”
• Malachi 3:15So now we call the arrogant blessed; not only are the doers of wickedness built up but they also test God and escape.’”
• Romans 2:4Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?
• 2 Peter 3:15and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you,

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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• 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