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Job 19:7

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Job’s Abandonment and Affliction

19:7“If17 I cry out,18 ‘Violence!’19

I receive no answer;20

I cry for help,

but there is no justice.

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Footnotes

  1. 17 The particle is used here as in 9:11 (see §159.w).
  2. 18 The has “I laugh at reproach.”
  3. 19 The same idea is expressed in Jer 20:8 and Hab 1:2. The cry is a cry for help, that he has been wronged, that there is no justice.
  4. 20 The Niphal is simply “I am not answered.” See Prov 21:13b.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Behold, I cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not answered;

I call for help, but there is no justice.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response;

though I call for help, there is no justice.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I cry out, “Violence!” but get no response;

I call for help, but there is no justice.

NLTNew Living Translation

“I cry out, ‘Help!’ but no one answers me.

I protest, but there is no justice.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Look, I cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not answered;

I cry out, but there is no justice.

KJV 1900King James Version

Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard:

I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.