Job 19:7

What does Job 19:7 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 19:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Truly, I make an outcry against the violent man, but there is no answer: I give a cry for help, but no one takes up my cause.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.6Know now that God hath subverted me in my cause, And hath compassed me with his net.

v.7This passage

v.8He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 34:5

    For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right:

  • Job 16:17

    Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.

  • Psalms 22:2

    O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.

  • Job 16:21

    That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbor!

  • Lamentations 3:8

    Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.

  • Job 9:32

    For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.

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