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11 Between their terraces they press out oil;
they tread the presses, but[a] they are thirsty.
12 From the city people groan,
and the throat[b] of the wounded cries for help;
yet[c] God does not regard it as unseemly.[d]
13 “Those are among the ones rebelling against the light;
they do not recognize his ways,
and they do not stay in his paths.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 24:11 Hebrew “and”
  2. Job 24:12 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
  3. Job 24:12 Hebrew “and”
  4. Job 24:12 Literally “he puts offensiveness”

11 They crush olives among the terraces[a];
    they tread the winepresses,(A) yet suffer thirst.(B)
12 The groans of the dying rise from the city,
    and the souls of the wounded cry out for help.(C)
    But God charges no one with wrongdoing.(D)

13 “There are those who rebel against the light,(E)
    who do not know its ways
    or stay in its paths.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 24:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.