From out of the populous city, men groan. The soul of the wounded cries out, yet God doesn’t regard the folly.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    From out of the populous city, men groan. The soul of the wounded cries out, yet God doesn’t regard the folly.

  • KJV King James Version

    Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    From out of the populous city men groan, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; yet God imputeth it not for unseemliness.

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Cross-references (16)

Passages linked to Job 24:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Ecclesiastes 4:1 Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
  • Psalms 50:21 You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.
  • Ecclesiastes 8:11-12 Because 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. Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.
  • Malachi 2:17 You have wearied Yahweh with your words. Yet you say, ‘How have we wearied him?’ In that you say, ‘Everyone who does evil is good in Yahweh’s sight, and he delights in them;’ or ‘Where is the God of justice?’
  • Malachi 3:15 Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’
  • Romans 2:4-5 Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance? But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;
  • Exodus 1:13-14 The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel serve, and they made their lives bitter with hard service in mortar and in brick, and in all kinds of service in the field, all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve.
  • Exodus 2:23-24 In the course of those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage. God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
  • Exodus 22:27 for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What would he sleep in? It will happen, when he cries to me, that I will hear, for I am gracious.
  • Judges 10:16 They put away the foreign gods from among them and served Yahweh; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
  • Job 9:23 If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.
  • Psalms 12:5 “Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”
  • Psalms 69:26 For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt.
  • Psalms 109:22 for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.
  • Isaiah 52:5 “Now therefore, what do I do here,” says Yahweh, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them mock,” says Yahweh, “and my name is blasphemed continually all day long.
  • 2 Peter 3:15 Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you,

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Explain this verse (15 sources)

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain God doth not condemn the wicked, but seemeth to…

God doth not condemn the wicked, but seemeth to pass over it by his long silence.

For the great oppression and extortion.

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Cry out and call for vengeance.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Job 24:12 Men groan from out of the city,…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Men groan under the burden of injuries and grievous…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Men groan from out of the city,.... Because of…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Groan - Under grievous oppressions. Soul - The life…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 12. Men groan from out of the city]…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Men groan from out of the city - The…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Suffer. Hebrew, "and God suffers no disorder," according to…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Men--rather, "mortals" (not the common Hebrew for "men"); so…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 12. Men groan — By changing the pointing of…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. Men groan from out of the city] Rather,…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (12) Men groan from out of the city.—Here a…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Men groan from out of the city. It is…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain Men groan from out of the city.
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 24:12 ignores their moaning: It appeared to Job that…

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