New King James Version
Job 19:7
7“If I cry out concerning wrong, I am not heard. If I cry aloud, 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 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 exalt yourselves against me, And plead my disgrace against me, 6Know then that God has wronged me, And has surrounded me with His net. “If I cry out concerning wrong, I am not heard. If I cry aloud, there is no justice. 8He has fenced up my way, so that I cannot pass; And He has set darkness in my paths. 9He has 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
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Cross-references for Job 19:7
- Job 10:3Does it seem good to You that You should oppress, That You should despise the work of Your hands, And smile on the counsel of the wicked?
- Job 16:17Although no violence is in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
- Job 21:27“Look, I know your thoughts, And the schemes with which you would wrong me.
- Psalms 22:2O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear; And in the night season, and am not silent.
- Jeremiah 20:8For when I spoke, I cried out; I shouted, “Violence and plunder!” Because the word of the Lord was made to me A reproach and a derision daily.
- Lamentations 3:8Even when I cry and shout, He shuts out my prayer.
- Habakkuk 1:2O Lord, how long shall I cry, And You will not hear? Even cry out to You, “Violence!” And You will not save.
- Job 9:32“For He is not a man, as I am, That I may answer Him, And that we should go to court together.
- Job 13:15Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him.
- Job 16:21Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, As a man pleads for his neighbor!
- 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! Here is my mark. Oh, that the Almighty would answer me, That my Prosecutor had written a book!
- Job 34:5“For Job has said, ‘I am righteous, But God has taken away my justice;
- Job 40:8“Would you indeed annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me that you may 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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