King James Version

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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מֵ֘עִ֤ירmeirfrom cityעִירpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “from city”, the ordinary formH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.מְתִ֨יםmetimpersonsמַתnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “persons”, the ordinary formH4962properly, an adult (as of full length); by implication, a man (only in the plural)[phrase] few, [idiom] friends, men, persons, [idiom] small.יִנְאָ֗קוּyinaqvgroanנָאַקverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “groan”, an unfinished actionH5008to groangroan.וְנֶֽפֶשׁvenefeshand creatureנֶפֶשׁconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “and creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…חֲלָלִ֥יםchalalimkillחָלָלadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “kill”, the ordinary formH2491pierced (especially to death); figuratively, pollutedkill, profane, slain (man), [idiom] slew, (deadly) wounded.תְּשַׁוֵּ֑עַteshaveashoutשָׁוַעverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “shout”, an unfinished actionH7768properly, to be free; but used only causatively and reflexively, to halloo (for help, i.e. freedom from some trouble)cry (aloud, out), shout.וֶ֝אֱל֗וֹהַּveelohaand Godאֱלוֹהַּconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and God”, the ordinary formH433a deity or the DeityGod, god. See H430 (אֱלֹהִים).לֹאlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יָשִׂ֥יםyasimputשׂוּםverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “put”, an unfinished actionH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…תִּפְלָֽהtiflahfollyתִּפְלָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “folly”, the ordinary formH8604frivolityfolly, foolishly.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οἳ ἐκ πόλεως καὶ οἴκων ἰδίων ἐξεβάλοντο, ψυχὴ δὲ νηπίων ἐστέναξε μέγα.