Job 24:12
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them .
Webster Bible
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In Context
11Who make oil within their walls, and tread their wine-presses, and suffer thirst.
13They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not its ways, nor abide in its paths.
Cross References
Genesis 4:10And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth to me from the ground.
Exodus 2:23And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried; and their cry ascended to God, by reason of the bondage.
Judges 10:16And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
Psalms 10:13Why 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 such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
Psalms 109:22For I am poor 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 →