Job 24:12
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; and God imputeth not the impiety.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
11They press out oil within their walls, they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
Cross References
Genesis 4:10And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.
Exodus 2:23And it came to pass during those many days, that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and cried; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage;
Judges 10:16And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served Jehovah; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
Psalms 10:13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].
Psalms 50:21These [things] hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether as thyself: [but] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.
Psalms 109:22For I am afflicted and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
Matthew Henry on Job 24:2-13
Outward Prosperity of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? 2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. 3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. 4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. 5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food… Read the whole commentary →