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The Book of Job, Chapter 24, Verse 12

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[Which] make oil within their walls, [and] tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst.
King James Version
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly [to them].
American Standard Version
From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly.
New English Translation
From the city the dying groan, and the wounded cry out for help, but God charges no one with wrongdoing.
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.
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They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
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The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
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The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth [his] face.
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In the dark they dig through houses, [which] they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
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For the morning [is] to them even as the shadow of death: if [one] know [them, they are in] the terrors of the shadow of death.
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He [is] swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
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Drought and heat consume the snow waters: [so doth] the grave [those which] have sinned.
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The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
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He evil entreateth the barren [that] beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
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He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no [man] is sure of life.