Job 24:12

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

Literal Standard Version

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

11They make oil between their walls, || They have trodden winepresses, and thirst.

13They have been those rebelling against light, || They have not discerned His ways, || Nor abided in His paths.

Read all of Job 24

Cross References

Genesis 4:10And He says, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to Me from the ground;

Exodus 2:23And it comes to pass during these many days, that the king of Egypt dies, and the sons of Israel sigh because of the service, and cry, and their cry goes up to God, because of the service;

Judges 10:16And they turn aside the gods of the stranger out of their midst, and serve YHWH, and His soul is grieved with the misery of Israel.

Psalms 10:13Why has the wicked despised God? He has said in his heart, “It is not required.”

Psalms 50:21These you did, and I kept silent, || You have thought that I am like you, || I reprove you, and set in array before your eyes.

Psalms 109:22For I [am] poor and needy, || And my heart has been pierced in my midst.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Job 24:12