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 go about naked, without clothing, and go hungry while they carry the sheaves. 11They press out the olive oil between the rows of olive trees; they tread the winepresses while they are thirsty. From the city the dying groan, and the wounded cry out for help, but God charges no one with wrongdoing. 13There are those who rebel against the light; they do not know its ways and they do not stay on its paths. 14Before daybreak the murderer rises up; he kills the poor and the needy; 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 1:13and they made the Israelites serve rigorously.
• Exodus 2:23During that long period of time the king of Egypt died, and the Israelites groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out, and their desperate cry because of their slave labor went up to God.
• Exodus 22:27for it is his only covering – it is his garment for his body. What else can he sleep in? And when he cries out to me, I will hear, for I am gracious.
• Judges 10:16They threw away the foreign gods they owned and worshiped the Lord. Finally the Lord grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much.
• Psalms 12:5“Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action,” says the Lord. “I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.”
• Ecclesiastes 4:1So I again considered all the oppression that continually occurs on earth. This is what I saw: The oppressed were in tears, but no one was comforting them; no one delivers them from the power of their oppressors.
• Isaiah 52:5And now, what do we have here?” says the Lord. “Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing, those who rule over them taunt,” says the Lord, “and my name is constantly slandered all day long.
• Psalms 69:26For they harass the one whom you discipline; they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish.
• Psalms 109:22For I am oppressed and needy, and my heart beats violently within me.
• Psalms 50:21When you did these things, I was silent, so you thought I was exactly like you. But now I will condemn you and state my case against you!
• Ecclesiastes 8:11When a sentence is not executed at once against a crime, the human heart is encouraged to do evil.
• Malachi 2:17You have wearied the Lord with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied him?” Because you say, “Everyone who does evil is good in the Lord’s opinion, and he delights in them,” or “Where is the God of justice?”
• Malachi 3:15So now we consider the arrogant to be happy; indeed, those who practice evil are successful. In fact, those who challenge God escape!’”
• Romans 2:4Or do you have contempt for the wealth of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, and yet do not know that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
• 2 Peter 3:15And regard the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as also our dear brother Paul wrote to you, according to the wisdom given to 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

Topics related to Job 24:12

• God Continued...
• Homicide
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In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Covering
• Light
• Pluck
• Tread
• Fool; Folly
• Groan
• Job, Book of
• Lay; Laying

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