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11 They make oil within the walls of these men;
They tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
12 From out of the [a]populous city men groan,
And the soul of the wounded crieth out:
Yet God regardeth not the folly.

13 These are of them that rebel against the light;
They know not the ways thereof,
Nor abide in the paths thereof.

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  1. Job 24:12 Hebrew city of men.

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