Job 24:12 - Exposition

Men groan from out of the city. It is not only in the wild tracts bordering on the desert ( Job 24:5-8 ), or on the large farms of rich landholders ( Job 24:9-11 ), that oppression takes place. Men's groans are heard also "from the city," and in the midst of the city, where murder, robbery, burglary, adultery, and other crimes of the deepest dye abound. Then the soul of the wounded crieth out. In appeals to God for help, or in inarticulate cries, the wounded spirit of the oppressed and injured vents itself. Yet God layeth not folly to them . Yet God seems to take no notice. He gives no sign of disapproval, but allows the oppressors to go on in their foolish courses unchecked.