Tree of Life Version
Job 19:7
7“Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response. I cry 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.
- 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 you would exalt yourselves above me and prove my humiliation against me, 6then know that God has wronged me and encircled me with His net. “Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response. I cry for help, but there is no justice. 8He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has shrouded my path 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
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Cross-references for Job 19:7
- Job 10:3Is it good for You to oppress, to despise the work of Your hands, while You smile on the plans of the wicked?
- Job 16:17yet no violence is in my hands and my prayer is pure.
- Job 21:27“Behold, I know your thoughts, the schemes by which you wrong me.
- Psalms 22:2My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Distant from my salvation are the words of my groaning.
- Jeremiah 20:8For whenever I speak, I cry out, I proclaim, “Violence and ruin!” For the word of Adonai is scorn and ridicule to me all day long.
- Lamentations 3:8Even when I cry out and call for help, He shuts out my prayer.
- Habakkuk 1:2How long, Adonai, have I cried for help, yet You do not hear? I cry out to You—‘Violence!’ yet You do not deliver.
- Job 9:32For He is not a human being, like I am, that I could answer Him, that we could go to court together.
- Job 13:15Even if He slays me, I will wait for Him; I will surely defend my ways before Him.
- Job 16:21he contends with God on behalf of man 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 31:35O, that I had someone to hear me! Look, here is my signature, let Shaddai answer me, let the accuser write the indictment!
- Job 34:5“For Job says, ‘I am righteous, but God has deprived me of justice.
- Job 40:8“Would you really annul My judgment? 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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