Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded cries for help; yet God does not charge foolishness.
New American Standard Bible
And the souls of the wounded cry out;
Yet God
King James Version
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
Holman Bible
the mortally wounded cry for help,
yet God pays no attention to this crime.
International Standard Version
From the city, dying men groan aloud, and the wounded cries out for help, but God charges no one with wrong.
A Conservative Version
From out of the populous city men groan, and the soul of the wounded cries out. Yet God does not regard the folly.
American Standard Version
From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly.
Amplified
“From the [populous and crowded] city men groan,
And the souls of the wounded cry out for help;
Yet God [seemingly] does not pay attention to the wrong [done to them].
Bible in Basic English
From the town come sounds of pain from those who are near death, and the soul of the wounded is crying out for help; but God does not take note of their prayer.
Darby Translation
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; and +God imputeth not the impiety.
Julia Smith Translation
From the city men will groan, and the soul of the wounded will cry out: and God will not set folly.
King James 2000
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded cries out: yet God charges not folly to them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
From [the] city people groan, and [the] throat of [the] wounded cries for help; yet God does not {regard it as unseemly}.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"The whole city crieth unto the LORD with sighing, the souls of the slain make their complaint: But God destroyeth them not for all this,
NET Bible
From the city the dying groan, and the wounded cry out for help, but God charges no one with wrongdoing.
New Heart English Bible
From out of the populous city, men groan. The soul of the wounded cries out, yet God doesn't regard the folly.
The Emphasized Bible
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.
Webster
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
World English Bible
From out of the populous city, men groan. The soul of the wounded cries out, yet God doesn't regard the folly.
Youngs Literal Translation
Because of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise.
Topics
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Nephesh
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 24:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Eighth Speech, Continued
11 They press out oil between their walls; they tread their winepresses, and still suffer thirst. 12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded cries for help; yet God does not charge foolishness. 13 They are of those who rebel against the light; they know not His ways, nor stay in His paths.
Cross References
Exodus 1:13-14
And the Egyptians made the sons of Israel serve with harshness.
Exodus 2:23-24
And it happened after many days the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
Exodus 22:27
For that is his covering only, it is his clothing for his skin. In what shall he sleep? And it will be, when he cries to Me, I will hear, for I am gracious.
Judges 10:16
And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served Jehovah. And His soul was moved by the misery of Israel.
Job 9:23
If the whip kills suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the innocent.
Psalm 12:5
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, I will now arise, says Jehovah. I will set in safety, he pants for it.
Psalm 50:21
These things you have done, and I have kept silence; you thought that I was like yourself, but I will rebuke you, and set in order before your eyes.
Psalm 69:26
For they persecute him whom You have stricken, and they talk to the grief of those You pierced.
Psalm 109:22
For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
Ecclesiastes 4:1
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold the tears of the oppressed ones, and they had no comforter! And on the side of those who oppressed them there was power, but they had no comforter.
Ecclesiastes 8:11-12
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Isaiah 52:5
Now therefore, what have I here, says Jehovah, that My people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule make them howl, says Jehovah; and without ceasing My name is blasphemed every day.
Malachi 2:17
You have wearied Jehovah with your words. Yet you say, In what have we wearied Him? When you say, Every evildoer is good in the eyes of Jehovah, and He delights in them; or, Where is the God of justice?
Malachi 3:15
And now we are calling the arrogant blessed. Not only are the doers of wickedness built up, they also test God, and escape.
Romans 2:4-5
Or do you despise the riches of His kindness, and the forbearance and long-suffering, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?
2 Peter 3:15
And think of the long-suffering of our Lord as salvation (as our beloved brother Paul also has written to you according to the wisdom given to him