Job 24:12
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Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.
In other translations
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.
Hebrew words
מֵעִירme'irfrom [the] cityH5892מְתִים׀metimmenH4962יִנְאָקוּyin'akuthey groanH5008וְנֶפֶשׁ־venefesh-and [the] throat ofH5315חֲלָלִיםchalalim[those] fatally woundedH2491תְּשַׁוֵּעַteshavea'it cries for helpH7768וֶאֱלוֹהַּve'eloahand GodH433לֹא־lo'-notH3808יָשִׂיםyasimhe putsH7760תִּפְלָה׃tiflahoffensivenessH8604
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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