Revised Version 1895
Job 24:12
12From out of the populous city men groan, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God imputeth it not for folly.
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
10So that they go about naked without clothing, and being an-hungred they carry the sheaves; 11They make oil within the walls of these men; they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst. From out of the populous city men groan, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God imputeth it not for folly. 13These are of them that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. 14The murderer riseth with the light, he killeth the poor and needy; and in the night he is as a thief.
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מֵ֘עִ֤יר מְתִ֨ים׀ יִנְאָ֗קוּ וְנֶֽפֶשׁ־חֲלָלִ֥ים תְּשַׁוֵּ֑עַ וֶ֝אֱל֗וֹהַּ לֹא־יָשִׂ֥ים תִּפְלָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 24:12
- Exodus 1:13And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:
- Exodus 2:23And it came to pass in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
- Exodus 22:27for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
- Judges 10:16And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
- Psalms 12:5For the spoiling of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety at whom they puff.
- Ecclesiastes 4:1Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power, but they had no comforter.
- Isaiah 52:5Now therefore, what do I here, saith the LORD, seeing that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them do howl, saith the LORD, and my name continually all the day is blasphemed.
- Psalms 69:26For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded,
- Psalms 109:22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
- Psalms 50:21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
- Ecclesiastes 8:11Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
- Malachi 2:17Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? In that ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or where is the God of judgment?
- Malachi 3:15And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and are delivered.
- Romans 2:4Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
- 2 Peter 3:15And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote unto 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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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
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