Job 24:12
Out of the city—out of the houses, they make outcry. and, the soul of the wounded, calleth for help, and, GOD, doth not regard it as foolish.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
11Between their walls, are they exposed to the sun, Wine-presses, they tread, and yet are thirsty;
Cross References
Genesis 4:10And he said, What hast thou done? With a voice, the shed-blood of thy brother is crying out to me from the ground,
Exodus 2:23And it came to pass, during those many days, that the king of Egypt died, and the sons of Israel sighed by reason of the servitude and lamented,—and their cry for help went up to God, by reason of the servitude.
Judges 10:16And they put away the gods of the stranger out of their midst, and served Yahweh,—and his soul was impatient of the misery of Israel.
Psalms 10:13Wherefore hath the lawless one blasphemed God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it]!
Psalms 50:21These things, hast thou done, and I have kept silence, Thou thoughtest that I should really be like thyself, I will convict thee, yea I will set [thine offences] in order before thine eyes.
Psalms 109:22For, oppressed and needy, I am, 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 →