Job 24:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.”
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“From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.”
King James Version · Public Domain“From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Because of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 24:12 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 4:10“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.
- Exodus 1:13They worked the Israelites ruthlessly
- Exodus 2:23After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
- Exodus 22:27because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.
- Judges 10:16So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.
- Job 9:23When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
- Psalms 10:13Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”
- Psalms 12:5“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
- Psalms 50:21You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
- Psalms 69:26For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.
- Psalms 109:22For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.
- Ecclesiastes 4:1Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.
- Ecclesiastes 8:11When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
- Isaiah 52:5And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.
- Jeremiah 12:1Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
- Jeremiah 12:2You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.
- Malachi 2:17You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”
- Malachi 3:15So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
- Romans 2:4Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
- 2 Peter 3:15Consider also that our Lord’s patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom God gave him.
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