12Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded cries out: yet God lays not folly to them.


In Context

9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;

11 Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded cries out: yet God lays not folly to them.

13 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

14 The murderer rising with the light kills the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

Job 24:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:12Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly [to them. ]

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:12The groans of the dying rise from the city, and the souls of the wounded cry out for help. But God charges no one with wrongdoing.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:12Out 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:12From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:12Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; and +God imputeth not the impiety.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:12From out of the populous city men groan, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God imputeth it not for folly.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:12Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:12From out of the populous city, men groan. The soul of the wounded cries out, yet God doesn't regard the folly.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:12Because of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise.