Job 19:7

In 11 translations

BSB

Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.

KJV

Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.wrong: or, violence

WEB

“Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no justice.

ASV

Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.

LSV

Behold, I cry out—violence, and am not answered, I cry aloud, and there is no judgment.

YLT

Lo, I cry out — violence, and am not answered, I cry aloud, and there is no judgment.

DBY

Behold, I cry out of wrong, and I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

DRC

Behold I cry suffering violence, and no one will hear: I shall cry aloud, and there is none to judge.

GNV

Beholde, I crie out of violence, but I haue none answere: I crie, but there is no iudgement.

JPS

Behold, I cry out: 'Violence!' but I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no justice.

LXXE

Behold, I laugh at reproach; I will not speak: or I will cry out, but there is nowhere judgment.

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Original-language editions

WLC

הֵ֤ן אֶצְעַ֣ק חָ֭מָס וְלֹ֣א אֵעָנֶ֑ה אֲ֝שַׁוַּ֗ע וְאֵ֣ין מִשְׁפָּֽט׃

LXX-Br

Ἰδοὺ γελῶ ὀνείδει, οὐ λαλήσω· κεκράξομαι, καὶ οὐδαμοῦ κρίμα.

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• Habakkuk 1:2–3How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save? Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me.…
• Lamentations 3:8Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
• Job 34:5For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.
• Job 21:27Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
• Job 30:20I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.
• Job 31:35–36(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment. Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.
• Job 40:8Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
• Job 23:3–7If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat. I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments. I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say. Would He contend…
• Psalms 22:2I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
• Job 13:15–23Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face. Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him. Listen carefully to my words; let my declaration ring in…
• Job 9:32For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
• Job 9:24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
• Job 16:17–19yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure. O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest. Even now my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.
• Jeremiah 20:8For whenever I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and destruction. For the word of the LORD has become to me a reproach and derision all day long.
• Job 16:21Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!
• Job 10:3Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?

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