English Standard Version
Job 19:7
7Behold, I cry out, 'Violence!' but I am not answered; I call 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“If I cry out concerning wrong, I am not heard. If I cry aloud, there is no justice.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“I cry out, ‘Help!’ but no one answers me. I protest, but there is no justice.
Context of Job 19:7
5If indeed you magnify yourselves against me and make my disgrace an argument against me, 6know then that God has put me in the wrong and closed his net about me. Behold, I cry out, 'Violence!' but I am not answered; I call for help, but there is no justice. 8He has walled up my way, so that I cannot pass, and he has set darkness upon my paths. 9He has stripped from me my glory and taken the crown from my head.
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הֵ֤ן אֶצְעַ֣ק חָ֭מָס וְלֹ֣א אֵעָנֶ֑ה אֲ֝שַׁוַּ֗ע וְאֵ֣ין מִשְׁפָּֽט׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 19:7
- Job 10:3Does it seem good to you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands and favor the designs of the wicked?
- Job 16:17although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
- Job 21:27"Behold, I know your thoughts and your schemes to wrong me.
- Psalms 22:2O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.
- Jeremiah 20:8For whenever I speak, I cry out, I shout, "Violence and destruction!" For the word of the Lord has become for me a reproach and derision all day long.
- Lamentations 3:8though I call and cry for help, he shuts out my prayer;
- Habakkuk 1:2O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to you "Violence!" and you will not save?
- Job 9:32For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him, that we should come to trial together.
- Job 13:15Though he slay me, I will hope in him; yet I will argue my ways to his face.
- Job 16:21that he would argue the case of a man with God, as a son of man does 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! (Here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me!) Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary!
- Job 34:5For Job has said, 'I am in the right, and God has taken away my right;
- Job 40:8Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be in the right?
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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