And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to me from the ground.
Job 24:12 - English Standard Version 2016 From out of the city the dying groan, and the soul of the wounded cries for help; yet God charges no one with wrong. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 From the city, the dying cry out; the throat of the mortally wounded screams, but God assigns no blame. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 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. |
And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to me from the ground.
among the olive rows of the wicked they make oil; they tread the winepresses, but suffer thirst.
“There are those who rebel against the light, who are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths.
When disaster brings sudden death, he mocks at the calamity of the innocent.
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; he covers the faces of its judges— if it is not he, who then is it?
Why does the wicked renounce God and say in his heart, “You will not call to account”?
“Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”
These things you have done, and I have been silent; you thought that I was one like yourself. But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you.
For they persecute him whom you have struck down, and they recount the pain of those you have wounded.
for that is his only covering, and it is his cloak for his body; in what else shall he sleep? And if he cries to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.
Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.
Now therefore what have I here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Their rulers wail,” declares the Lord, “and continually all the day my name is despised.
Righteous are you, O Lord, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?
You plant them, and they take root; they grow and produce fruit; you are near in their mouth and far from their heart.
You have wearied the Lord with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”
And now we call the arrogant blessed. Evildoers not only prosper but they put God to the test and they escape.’”
And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him,
So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord, and he became impatient over the misery of Israel.