American Standard Version
Job 19:7
7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard:I cry for help, but there is no justice.
Job 19:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
- New International Version (NIV)“Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, I cry out, 'Violence!' but I am not answered; I call for help, but there is no justice.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“If I cry out concerning wrong, I am not heard. If I cry aloud, there is no justice.
Context of Job 19:7
5If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach; 6Know now that God hath subverted me in my cause, And hath compassed me with his net. Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice. 8He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths. 9He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.
Read all of Job 19Job 19:7 word by word
הֵ֤ן אֶצְעַ֣ק חָ֭מָס וְלֹ֣א אֵעָנֶ֑ה אֲ֝שַׁוַּ֗ע וְאֵ֣ין מִשְׁפָּֽט׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 19:7
- Job 10:3Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, That thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
- Job 16:17Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
- Job 21:27Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me.
- Psalms 22:2O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.
- Jeremiah 20:8For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, Violence and destruction! because the word of Jehovah is made a reproach unto me, and a derision, all the day.
- Lamentations 3:8Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.
- Habakkuk 1:2O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save.
- Job 9:32For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.
- Job 13:15Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.
- Job 16:21That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbor!
- Job 23:3Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!
- Job 31:35Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me) Andthat I hadthe indictment which mine adversary hath written!
- Job 34:5For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right:
- Job 40:8Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?
Commentaries on Job 19:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7I cry out of wrong - I complain of violence and of injustice; but no one comes to my help.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Behold, I cry out of wrong - Margin, or “violence.” The Hebrew word (חמס châmâs ) means properly violence. The violence referred to is that which was brought upon him by God. It is, indeed, harsh language; but it is not quite sure that he means to complain of God for doing him injustice. God had dealt with him in a severe or violent manner, is the meaning, and he had cried unto him for relief, but had cried in vain. No judgment - No justice. The meaning…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7Violence!: Compare Jeremiah 20:8; Habakkuk 1:2–3. no response: See Psalm 22:2; Lamentations 3:8; Habakkuk 1:2–3.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. wrong--violence: brought on him by God. no judgment--God will not remove my calamities, and so vindicate my just cause; and my friends will not do justice to my past character.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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