Job 24:12

In the city the dying groan, and the wounded cry for help, but God ignores their prayers.

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In The 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.

In Context

11In the olive groves they work to produce oil, but do not taste it; they tread the winepress, but are thirsty.

13These are people who rebel against the light. They do not want to know its ways, or to stay on its paths.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:10“What have you done?” the Lord asked. “Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground.

Exodus 2:23Years later, the king of Egypt died. But the Israelites were still groaning under their hard labor. Their cries for help because of their hardship reached God.

Judges 10:16So they got rid of the foreign gods they had and worshiped the Lord. And the Lord couldn't stand Israel's misery any longer.

Psalms 10:13Why do the wicked think they can treat God with such contempt? Why do they think that God won't make them accountable?

Psalms 50:21I kept quiet when you did these things. You thought I was someone just like you. But now I confront you, and bring my charges against you.

Psalms 109:22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is breaking.

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 →

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