Job 24:12
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Out of the cities they have made men to groan, and the soul of the wounded hath cried out, and God doth not suffer it to pass unrevenged.

groan

Exodus 1:13,14 And the Egyptians hated the children of Israel, and afflicted them and mocked them: . . .

Exodus 2:23,24 Now after a long time the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel groaning, cried out because of the works: and their cry went up unto God from the works. . . .

Exodus 22:27 For that same is the only thing, wherewith he is covered, the clothing of his body, neither hath he any other to sleep in: if he cry to me, I will hear him, because I am compassionate.

Judges 10:16 And saying these things, they cast away out of their coasts all the idols of strange gods, and served the Lord their God: and he was touched with their miseries.

Psalm 12:5 By reason of the misery of the needy, and the groans of the poor, now will I arise, saith the Lord. I will set him in safety: I will deal confidently in his regard.

Ecclesiastes 4:1 I turned myself to other things, and I saw the oppressions that are done under the sun, and the tears of the innocent, and they had no comforter; and they were not able to resist their violence, being destitute of help from any.

Isaiah 52:5 And now what have I here, saith the Lord: for my people is taken away gratis. They that rule over them treat them unjustly, saith the Lord, and my name is continually blasphemed all the day long.

wounded

Psalm 69:26 Because they have persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.

Psalm 109:22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is troubled within me.

yet God

Psalm 50:21 These things hast thou done, and I was silent. Thou thoughtest unjustly that I should be like to thee: but I will reprove thee, and set before thy face.

Ecclesiastes 8:11,12 For because sentence is not speedily pronounced against the evil, the children of men commit evils without any fear. . . .

Malachi 2:17 You have wearied the Lord with your words, and you said: Wherein have we wearied him? In that you say: Every one that doth evil, is good in the sight of the Lord, and such please him: or surely where is the God of judgment?

Malachi 3:15 Wherefore now we call the proud people happy, for they that work wickedness are built up, and they have tempted God and are preserved.

Romans 2:4,5 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and patience and longsuffering? Knowest thou not that the benignity of God leadeth thee to penance? . . .

2 Peter 3:15 And account the longsuffering of our Lord, salvation: as also our most dear brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, hath written to you:

Context
Job: Judgment for the Wicked
11They have taken their rest at noon among the stores of them, who after having trodden the winepresses suffer thirst. 12Out of the cities they have made men to groan, and the soul of the wounded hath cried out, and God doth not suffer it to pass unrevenged.13They have been rebellious to the light, they have not known his ways, neither have they returned by his paths.…
Cross References
Job 9:23
If he scourge, let him kill at once, and not laugh at the pains of the innocent.

Job 9:24
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked, he covereth the face of the judges thereof: and if it be not he, who is it then?

Job 24:11
They have taken their rest at noon among the stores of them, who after having trodden the winepresses suffer thirst.

Job 24:13
They have been rebellious to the light, they have not known his ways, neither have they returned by his paths.

Psalm 109:22
For I am poor and needy, and my heart is troubled within me.

Lexicon
From the city,
מֵ֘עִ֤יר (mê·‘îr)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement

men
מְתִ֨ים ׀ (mə·ṯîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4962: An adult, a man

groan,
יִנְאָ֗קוּ (yin·’ā·qū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5008: To groan

and the souls
וְנֶֽפֶשׁ־ (wə·ne·p̄eš-)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

of the wounded
חֲלָלִ֥ים (ḥă·lā·lîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2491: Pierced, polluted

cry out,
תְּשַׁוֵּ֑עַ (tə·šaw·wê·a‘)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7768: To be free, to halloo

yet God
וֶ֝אֱל֗וֹהַּ (we·’ĕ·lō·w·ah)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 433: God -- a deity, the Deity

charges
יָשִׂ֥ים (yā·śîm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

no one
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

with wrongdoing.
תִּפְלָֽה׃ (tip̄·lāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8604: Unsavoriness, unseemliness


Additional Translations
From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded cries out: yet God lays not folly to them.

From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly.

Who have cast forth the poor from the city and their own houses, and the soul of the children has groaned aloud.

Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; and +God imputeth not the impiety.

From out of the populous city men groan, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God imputeth it not for folly.

Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.

From out of the populous city, men groan. The soul of the wounded cries out, yet God doesn't regard the folly.

Because of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise.
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