Job 19 · Verse 7

Job 19:7

Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
Job 19:7, King James Version

Job 19:7 in other translations

BSBThough I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
WEB“Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no justice.
ASVBehold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.
YLTLo, I cry out--violence, and am not answered, I cry aloud, and there is no judgment.
DARBYBehold, I cry out of wrong, and I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
BBETruly, 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.
WebsterBehold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

What does Job 19:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 I cry out of wrong - I complain of violence and of injustice; but no one comes to my help.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 19:1-7

Job's friends blamed him as a wicked man, because he was so afflicted; here he describes their unkindness, showing that what they condemned was capable of excuse. Harsh language from friends, greatly adds to the weight of afflictions: yet it is best not to lay it to heart, lest we harbour resentment. Rather let us look to Him who endured the contradiction of sinners against himself, and was treated with far more…

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Job 19:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הֵ֤ןhenthere!H2005
אֶצְעַ֣ק'etz.'AkI cry outH6817
חָ֭מָסCha.mosviolenceH2555
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
אֵעָנֶ֑ה'e.'a.NehI am answeredH6030
אֲ֝שַׁוַּ֗ע'a.sha.Va'I cry for helpH7768
וְאֵ֣יןve.'Einand there notH369
מִשְׁפָּֽט\׃mish.Pat[is] justiceH4941

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 19:7

  • Habakkuk 1:2-3

    O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.

  • Lamentations 3:8

    Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

  • Job 23:3-7

    Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. …

  • Job 40:8

    Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

  • Job 31:35-36

    Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.

  • Job 21:27

    Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.

  • Job 34:5

    For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

  • Job 30:20

    I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.

  • Psalms 22:2

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

  • Job 10:3

    Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

  • Job 10:15-17

    If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction; For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me. Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

  • Jeremiah 20:8

    For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the Lord was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I cry.
10:3,15-17; 16:17-19; 21:27; Ps 22:2; Jer 20:8; La 3:8; Hab 1:2,3
wrong. or, violence. no judgment.
9:32; 13:15-23; 16:21; 23:3-7; 31:35,36; 34:5; 40:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 19:6

    Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.

  • Job 19:7

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

  • Job 19:8

    He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

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Job 19:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
He aquí yo clamaré agravio, y no seré oído: daré voces, y no habrá juicio.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Voici, je crie à la violence, et je ne suis pas exaucé; je pousse des cris, et il n’y a pas de jugement.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Siehe, ich schreie über Gewalttat, und werde nicht erhört; ich rufe um Hülfe, und da ist kein Recht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ecce clamabo, vim patiens, et nemo audiet; vociferabor, et non est qui judicet.