Job 24:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹² From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God imputeth it not for folly

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² Men groan from out of the city, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God layeth not folly to them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² From out of the populous city men groan, and the very life of the wounded cries for help; yet God [seemingly] regards not the wrong done them.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly.

Common English Bible

¹² From the city, the dying cry out; the throat of the mortally wounded screams, but God assigns no blame.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² In the cities, they caused the men to groan and the spirit of the wounded to cry out, and so God does not allow this to go unpunished.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² Out of the cities they have made men to groan. And the soul of the wounded hath cried out: and God doth not suffer it to pass unrevenged.

Job 24:12 Cross References

Genesis 4:10

And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.

Job 24:11

They make oil within the walls of these men; They tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

Job 24:13

These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.

Job 9:23

If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.

Job 9:24

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: He covereth the faces of the judges thereof; If it be not he, who then is it?

Psalm 10:13

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require it?

Psalm 109:22

For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.

Psalm 12:5

For 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.

Psalm 50:21

These 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.

Psalm 69:26

For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; And they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.

Exodus 22:27

for 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.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Then 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 52:5

Now 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.

Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet would I reason the cause with thee: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?

Jeremiah 12:2

Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root; they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.

Malachi 2:17

Ye 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 judgement?

Malachi 3:15

And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and are delivered.

2 Peter 3:15

And 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;

Judges 10:16

And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.