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11 they crush olives to get oil
    and grapes to get wine, but they still go thirsty.
12 Dying people groan in the city,
    and the injured cry out for help,
    but God accuses no one of doing wrong.

13 “Those who fight against the light
    do not know God’s ways
    or stay in his paths.

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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.