Job 24:12 meaning and explanation

From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.

Job 24:12, Berean Standard Bible

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Job is answering his friends in a long speech, arguing that the world's injustice goes unpunished. In the city, the wounded and dying groan, and the Hebrew word for "souls" here means their whole living selves, not a separate spirit.

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