Job 24:12

In 11 translations

BSB

From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

Men groan because of enmity, || And the soul of pierced ones cries, || And God does not give praise.

YLT

Because of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise.

DBY

Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; and God imputeth not the impiety.Eloah

DRC

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.

GNV

Men cry out of the citie, and the soules of the slayne cry out: yet God doth not charge them with follie.

JPS

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

LXXE

Who have cast forth the poor from the city and their own houses, and the soul of the children has groaned aloud.

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WLC

מֵ֘עִ֤יר מְתִ֨ים ׀ יִנְאָ֗קוּ וְנֶֽפֶשׁ־חֲלָלִ֥ים תְּשַׁוֵּ֑עַ וֶ֝אֱל֗וֹהַּ לֹא־יָשִׂ֥ים תִּפְלָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Οἳ ἐκ πόλεως καὶ οἴκων ἰδίων ἐξεβάλοντο, ψυχὴ δὲ νηπίων ἐστέναξε μέγα.

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• Ecclesiastes 4:1Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.
• Malachi 3:15So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
• Psalms 50:21You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
• Romans 2:4–5Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance? But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against…
• Ecclesiastes 8:11–12When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil. Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with…
• Malachi 2:17You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”
• Psalms 12:5“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
• Job 9:23When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
• Psalms 109:22For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.
• Judges 10:16So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.
• Isaiah 52:5And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.
• 2 Peter 3:15Consider also that our Lord’s patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom God gave him.
• Exodus 1:13–14They worked the Israelites ruthlessly and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.
• Psalms 69:26For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.
• Exodus 22:27because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.
• Exodus 2:23–24After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God. So God heard their groaning, and He remembered…

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