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Job 19:7
7Behold, I cry out of wrong, and I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
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 prove against me my reproach, 6Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath surrounded me with his net. Behold, I cry out of wrong, and I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. 8He hath hedged up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. 9He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
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הֵ֤ן אֶצְעַ֣ק חָ֭מָס וְלֹ֣א אֵעָנֶ֑ה אֲ֝שַׁוַּ֗ע וְאֵ֣ין מִשְׁפָּֽט׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 19:7
- Job 10:3Doth it please thee to 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 21:27Lo, I know your thoughts, and the devices ye wrongfully imagine against me.
- Psalms 22:2My God, I cry by day, and thou answerest not; and by night, and there is no rest for me:
- Jeremiah 20:8For as oft as I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and spoil; for the word of Jehovah is become unto me a reproach and a derision all the day.
- Lamentations 3:8Even when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
- Habakkuk 1:2Jehovah, how long shall I cry and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee, Violence! and thou dost 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, if he slay me, yet would I trust in him; but I will defend mine own ways before him.
- Job 16:21Oh that there were arbitration for a man with God, as a son of man for his friend!
- Job 23:3Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come to his seat!
- Job 31:35Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold my signature: let the Almighty answer me! And let mine opponent write an accusation!
- Job 34:5For Job hath said, I am righteous, and God hath taken away my judgment:
- Job 40:8Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous?
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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