Job 24:12

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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 that make oyle betweene their walles, and treade their wine presses, suffer thirst.

13These are they, that abhorre the light: they know not the wayes thereof, nor continue in the paths thereof.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:10Againe he said, What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me from the earth.

Exodus 2:23Then in processe of time, the King of Egypt dyed, and the children of Israel sighed for the bondage and cryed: and their crie for the bondage came vp vnto God.

Judges 10:16Then they put away the strange gods from among them and serued the Lord: and his soule was grieued for the miserie of Israel.

Psalms 10:13Wherefore doeth the wicked contemne God? he saith in his heart, Thou wilt not regard.

Psalms 50:21These things hast thou done, and I held my tongue: therefore thou thoughtest that I was like thee: but I will reproue thee, and set them in order before thee.

Psalms 109:22Because I am poore and needie, and mine 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 →

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