New Living Translation
Job 19:7
7“I cry out, ‘Help!’ but no one answers me. I protest, 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
5You think you’re better than I am, using my humiliation as evidence of my sin. 6But it is God who has wronged me, capturing me in his net. “I cry out, ‘Help!’ but no one answers me. I protest, but there is no justice. 8God has blocked my way so I cannot move. He has plunged my path into 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 10:3What do you gain by oppressing me? Why do you reject me, the work of your own hands, while smiling on the schemes of the wicked?
- Job 16:17Yet I have done no wrong, and my prayer is pure.
- Job 21:27“Look, I know what you’re thinking. I know the schemes you plot against me.
- Psalms 22:2Every day I call to you, my God, but you do not answer. Every night I lift my voice, but I find no relief.
- Jeremiah 20:8When I speak, the words burst out. “Violence and destruction!” I shout. So these messages from the Lord have made me a household joke.
- Lamentations 3:8And though I cry and shout, he has shut out my prayers.
- Habakkuk 1:2How long, O Lord, must I call for help? But you do not listen! “Violence is everywhere!” I cry, but you do not come to save.
- Job 9:32“God is not a mortal like me, so I cannot argue with him or take him to trial.
- Job 13:15God might kill me, but I have no other hope. I am going to argue my case with him.
- Job 16:21I need someone to mediate between God and me, as a person mediates between friends.
- Job 23:3If only I knew where to find God, I would go to his court.
- Job 31:35“If only someone would listen to me! Look, I will sign my name to my defense. Let the Almighty answer me. Let my accuser write out the charges against me.
- Job 34:5For Job also said, ‘I am innocent, but God has taken away my rights.
- Job 40:8“Will you discredit my justice and condemn me just to prove you are 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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