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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Men	מְתִ֨ים me.Tim	H4962	properly · noun, common masculine plural absolute
groan	יִנְאָ֗קוּ yin.'A.ku	H5008	to groan · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
city	מֵ֘עִ֤יר me.'Ir	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute
soul	וְנֶֽפֶשׁ ve.ne.fesh-	H5315	properly · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct
wounded	חֲלָלִ֥ים cha.la.Lim	H2491	pierced (especially to death) · adjective, masculine plural absolute
out	תְּשַׁוֵּ֑עַ te.sha.Ve.a'	H7768	properly · verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
God	וֶ֝אֱל֗וֹהַּ ve.'e.Lo.ah	H433	a deity or the Deity · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
layeth	יָשִׂ֥ים ya.Sim	H7760	to put (used in a great variety of applications · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
folly	תִּפְלָֽה tif.Lah	H8604	frivolity · noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Ecclesiastes 4:1 So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had…
Psalms 50:21 These 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…
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.
Malachi 2:17 Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sig…
Malachi 3:15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
Romans 2:4-5 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repenta…
Exodus 1:13-14 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:
Exodus 2:23-24 And 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 cr…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Job 24:1-12

Job's friends had been very positive in it that they should soon see the fall of wicked people, how much soever they might prosper for a while. By no means, says Job; though times are not hidden from the Almighty, yet those that know him do not presently see his day, Job 24:1. 1. He takes it for granted that times are not hidden from the Almighty; past times are not hidden from his judgment (Ecc 3:15), present times are not hidden from his providence (Mat 10:29), future times are not hidden from his prescience, Act 15:18. God governs the world, and therefore we may be sure he takes cognizance of it. Bad times are not hidden from him, though the bad men that make the times bad say one to anot…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 24:12

Men--rather, "mortals" (not the common Hebrew for "men"); so the Masoretic vowel points read as English Version. But the vowel points are modern. The true reading is, "The dying," answering to "the wounded" in the next clause, so Syriac. Not merely in the country (Job 24:11), but also in the city there are oppressed sufferers, who cry for help in vain. "From out of the city"; that is, they long to get forth and be free outside of it (Exo 1:11; Job 2:23). wounded--by the oppressor (Eze 30:24). layeth not folly--takes no account of (by punishing) their sin ("folly" in Scripture; Job 1:22). This is the gist of the whole previous list of sins (Act 17:30). UMBREIT with Syriac reads by changin…

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John Gill on Job 24:12

Men groan from out of the city,.... Because of the oppressions and injuries done to them, so that not only the poor in the country that were employed in the fields, and oliveyards, and vineyards, were used exceeding ill; but even in cities, where not only are an abundance of people, and so the outrages committed upon them, which made them groan, were done openly and publicly, with great insolence and impudence, but where also courts of judicature were held, and yet in defiance of law and justice were those evils done, see Ecclesiastes 3:16; and the soul of the wounded crieth out; that is, the persons wounded with the sword, or any other instrument of vengeance, stabbed as they went along th…

The Church Fathers

"They were driven out of the city and their houses. Others were driven out by them. "The soul of the little ones had a lot to moan.
— Augustine of Hippo, ANNOTATIONS ON THE BOOK OF JOB (tr. J. Litteral, draft)

"And the soul of the children has groaned aloud." From the bottom of their heart [they groaned], because they had no parents any longer who provided them with food.
— Olympiodorus of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON JOB 24:9-12

He says this again to his friends with a bit of hesitation, If afflictions entirely derive from sins, why did he who observes all that happens on earth allow them to go without being visited by him? "And they took no notice," that is, the iniquitous took no notice of the fact that they were not visited. Indeed it is believed and taught about divine visitation, "The Lord reproves the one he loves, as a father checks a well-loved son."
— Olympiodorus of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON JOB 24:12-13

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Dictionary and topics

Homicide · 24:22; — 24:22;

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Job 24:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Job 24:1-12

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 24:12

John Gill on Job 24:12

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Job 24:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Job 24:1-12

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 24:12

John Gill on Job 24:12

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Job 24:9-12

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Job 24:12

Rashi on Job 24:12