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Job 19:7
7“Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, 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.
- 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.
- 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 would exalt yourselves above me and use my humiliation against me, 6then know that God has wronged me and drawn his net around me. “Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice. 8He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; he has shrouded my paths in darkness. 9He has stripped me of my honor and removed 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 19:7
- Job 10:3Does it please you to oppress me, to spurn the work of your hands, while you smile on the plans of the wicked?
- Job 16:17yet my hands have been free of violence and my prayer is pure.
- Job 21:27“I know full well what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
- Psalms 22:2My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.
- Jeremiah 20:8Whenever I speak, I cry out proclaiming violence and destruction. So the word of the Lord has brought me insult and reproach all day long.
- Lamentations 3:8Even when I call out or cry for help, he shuts out my prayer.
- Habakkuk 1:2How long, Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save?
- Job 9:32“He is not a mere mortal like me that I might answer him, that we might confront each other in court.
- Job 13:15Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face.
- Job 16:21on behalf of a man he pleads with God as one pleads for a friend.
- Job 23:3If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his dwelling!
- Job 31:35(“Oh, that I had someone to hear me! I sign now my defense—let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser put his indictment in writing.
- Job 34:5“Job says, ‘I am innocent, but God denies me justice.
- Job 40:8“Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself?
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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