Job 24:12 Meaning and Explanation
“Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →From the city rise the groans of the dying and the cries of the wounded, yet to Job's eyes God does not yet call the oppressors to account.
What Does Job 24:12 Mean?
Job brings his catalogue of suffering to a climax. Out of the city come the groans of dying men and the cries of the wounded soul, a chorus of human pain. And then the line that troubles Job most: God does not, as it seems to him, charge the wrongdoers with their wrong or visibly impute folly to them.
This is the raw center of Job's lament, the silence of heaven over loud suffering. Yet the verse itself records that the cry reaches God's ears, for nothing said here is hidden from Him. Scripture assures us the Lord hears the groaning of the oppressed and rises in His time, and that the blood of the wounded does not cry out in vain. The cross stands as God's answer that He neither ignores suffering nor leaves evil unjudged.
Job 24:12 in the Original Language
shav'ah (שַׁוְעָה), 'crieth out' -- a desperate cry for help that ascends to God.
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What does Job 24:12 mean?
From the city rise the groans of the dying and the cries of the wounded, yet to Job's eyes God does not yet call the oppressors to account.