Job 19:7

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 19:7 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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?
  2. Job 9:32For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
  3. Job 10:3Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?
  4. Job 10:15If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.
  5. Job 13:15Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
  6. Job 16:17yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.
  7. Job 16:21Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!
  8. Job 21:27Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
  9. Job 23:3If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
  10. Job 30:20I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.
  11. Job 31:35(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.
  12. Job 34:5For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.
  13. Job 40:8Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
  14. Psalms 22:2I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
  15. Psalms 22:3Yet You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
  16. 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.
  17. Lamentations 3:8Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
  18. Habakkuk 1:2How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?

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