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10 That is why they must go about naked, without clothing, and are forced to carry food while they are starving. 11 They are forced to press out the olive oil without tasting it and to tread out the grape juice as they suffer from thirst. 12 The bones of the dying cry from the city; the wounded cry for help; yet God does not respond to their moaning.

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10 Lacking clothes, they go about naked;(A)
    they carry the sheaves,(B) but still go hungry.
11 They crush olives among the terraces[a];
    they tread the winepresses,(C) yet suffer thirst.(D)
12 The groans of the dying rise from the city,
    and the souls of the wounded cry out for help.(E)
    But God charges no one with wrongdoing.(F)

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Footnotes

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