JOB 24:12 Parallel Verse View

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ULT From the city, men groan
⇔ and the soul of the wounded cries out,
⇔ but God does not ascribe impropriety.

UST In the cities, poor people groan because they are suffering.
⇔ People whom evil people have wounded cry out to God for help.
⇔ But God does not seem to care about what the evil people are doing to them.

BSB From the city, men groan,
⇔ and the souls of the wounded cry out,
⇔ yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.

OEB From cities and homes they are driven;
⇔ Their little ones cry out for hunger,
⇔ But God takes no heed of the wrong.

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

WMBB (Same as above)

NET From the city the dying groan,
⇔ and the wounded cry out for help,
⇔ but God charges no one with wrongdoing.

LSV Men groan because of enmity,
And the soul of pierced ones cries,
And God does not give praise.

FBV In the city the dying groan, and the wounded cry for help, but God ignores their prayers.[fn]

24:12 Or “But God does not charge anyone with wrongdoing.”

T4T In the cities, people who are wounded and dying cry out to God for help,
⇔ but God does not heed their prayers.

LEB • the city people groan, and the throat[fn] ofthe wounded cries for help; • yet[fn] God does not[fn]

?:? Or “soul,” or “inner self”

?:? Hebrew “and”

?:? Literally “he puts offensiveness”

BBE 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.

Moff No Moff JOB book available

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

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

DRA 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.

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

Drby Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; and [fn]God imputeth not the impiety.

24.12 Eloah

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

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

KJB-1769 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.

KJB-1611 Men groane from out of the city, and the soule of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
(Men groane from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.)

Bshps Men out of the citie crye vnto the Lord with sighing, the soules of the slayne also crye out, yet God regardeth not their complaynt.
(Men out of the city cry unto the Lord with sighing, the souls of the slain/killed also cry out, yet God regardeth not their complaynt.)

Gnva Men cry out of the citie, and the soules of the slayne cry out: yet God doth not charge them with follie.
(Men cry out of the city, and the souls of the slain/killed cry out: yet God doth not charge them with follie. )

Cvdl The whole cite crieth vnto the LORDE with sighinge, the soules of the slayne make their complaynte: But God destroyeth them not for all this,
(The whole cite crieth unto the LORD with sighinge, the souls of the slain/killed make their complaint: But God destroyeth them not for all this,)

Wyc Thei maden men of citees to weile, and the soulis of woundid men schulen crye; and God suffrith it not to go awei vnpunyschid.
(They maden men of cities to weile, and the soulis of woundid men should crye; and God suffereth/suffers it not to go away unpunyschid.)

Luth Sie machen die Leute in der Stadt seufzend und die Seelen der Erschlagenen schreiend; und GOtt stürzet sie nicht.
(They/She make the Leute in the/of_the city seufzend and the Seelen the/of_the Erschlagenen schreiend; and God stürzet they/she/them not.)

ClVg De civitatibus fecerunt viros gemere, et anima vulneratorum clamavit: et Deus inultum abire non patitur.[fn]
(De civitatibus fecerunt men gemere, and anima vulneratorum clamavit: and God inultum abire not/no patitur. )

24.12 De civitatibus fecerunt vi gemere. Quia civitates a conviventibus populis, etc., usque ad eos qui per viam Dei non fluxe, sed viriliter currunt.

24.12 De civitatibus fecerunt vi gemere. Quia civitates from conviventibus of_the_peoples, etc., until to them who through road of_God not/no fluxe, but viriliter currunt.

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

BrLXX Οἳ ἐκ πόλεως καὶ οἴκων ἰδίων ἐξεβάλοντο, ψυχὴ δὲ νηπίων ἐστέναξε μέγα.
(Hoi ek poleōs kai oikōn idiōn exebalonto, psuⱪaʸ de naʸpiōn estenaxe mega. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

מְתִ֨ים

men

Here the masculine term men has a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use language in your translation that is clearly inclusive of both men and women. Alternate translation: “men and women”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

וְ⁠נֶֽפֶשׁ־חֲלָלִ֥ים תְּשַׁוֵּ֑עַ

and,throat wounded cries_for_help

Job is using the adjective wounded as a noun to mean a certain kind of person. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: “and the souls of wounded people cry out”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

וְ⁠נֶֽפֶשׁ־חֲלָלִ֥ים תְּשַׁוֵּ֑עַ

and,throat wounded cries_for_help

Job is using one part of a wounded person, his soul, to mean all of him in the act of crying out. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and wounded people cry out”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠נֶֽפֶשׁ־חֲלָלִ֥ים תְּשַׁוֵּ֑עַ

and,throat wounded cries_for_help

Job implicitly means that these people are crying out to God for justice. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “and wounded people cry out to God for justice”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וֶ֝⁠אֱל֗וֹהַּ לֹא־יָשִׂ֥ים תִּפְלָֽה

and,God not charges crime

Job implicitly means that God seems to feel that there is nothing wrong with what the wicked people are doing, and so God does not punish them in response to the poor people’s cries for justice. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “but God does not punish the wicked people who have caused their suffering”

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