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Job 24:12

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12From the city people groan,

and the throato of the wounded cries for help;

yetp God does not regard it as unseemly.q

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Footnotes

  1. oOr “soul,” or “inner self”
  2. pHebrew “and”
  3. qLiterally “he puts offensiveness”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

From out of the city the dying groan,

and the soul of the wounded cries for help;

yet God charges no one with wrong.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The 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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

From the city, men groan;

the mortally wounded cry for help,

yet God pays no attention to this crime.

NLTNew Living Translation

The groans of the dying rise from the city,

and the wounded cry for help,

yet God ignores their moaning.

KJV 1900King James Version

Men groan from out of the city,

And the soul of the wounded crieth out:

Yet God layeth not folly to them.