Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

Lo! I cry - out: Violence! but receive no answer, I cry aloud, but there is no vindication;

New American Standard Bible

“Behold, I cry, ‘Violence!’ but I get no answer;
I shout for help, but there is no justice.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

I cry out: “Violence!” but get no response;
I call for help, but there is no justice.

International Standard Version

"Although I cried out "Violence!' I received no answer; I cried for help, but there was no justice.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“Behold, I cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not heard;
I shout for help, but there is no justice.

Bible in Basic English

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.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

Behold, I shall cry violence, and shall I not be answered: I shall cry for help, and no judgment

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

"Look, I cry out, 'Violence!' but I am not answered; I cry out, but there is no justice.

Modern King James verseion

Behold, I cry out, Violence! And I am not answered. I cry aloud, but there is no justice.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Behold: though I cry, yet violence is done unto me. I cannot be heard! Though I complain, there is none to give sentence with me.

NET Bible

"If I cry out, 'Violence!' I receive no answer; I cry for help, but there is no justice.

New Heart English Bible

"Behold, I cry out 'Injustice.' but there is no justice.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
צעק 
Tsa`aq 
Usage: 55

but I am not heard
ענה 
`anah 
Usage: 329

שׁוע 
Shava` 
Usage: 21

References

Morish

Context Readings

Job's Sixth Speech: A Response To Bildad

6 Know, then, that, God, hath overthrown me, and, within his net, enclosed me. 7 Lo! I cry - out: Violence! but receive no answer, I cry aloud, but there is no vindication; 8 My way, hath he walled up, that I cannot pass, and, upon my paths, hath he made darkness rest;

Cross References

Lamentations 3:8

Yea, when I make outcry and implore, he hath shut out my prayer;

Habakkuk 1:2-3

How long, O Yahweh, have I called out, and thou wouldst not hear me? Have I kept crying unto thee of violence, and thou wouldst not save?

Job 9:24

The earth, hath been given into the hand of a lawless one, The faces of her judges, he covereth, If not, then who is it?

Job 9:32

For he is not a man like myself, whom I might answer, nor could we come together into judgment:

Job 10:3

Is it seemly in thee, that thou shouldst oppress? that thou shouldst despise the labour of thine own hand, when, upon the counsel of the lawless, thou hast shone?

Job 10:15-17

If I have been lawless, alas for me! Or, if I am righteous, I will not lift up my head, Surfeited with shame, look thou then on my humiliation.

Job 13:15-23

Lo! he may slay me, yet , for him, will I wait, - Nevertheless, my ways - unto his face, will I show to be right:

Job 16:17-19

Though no violence was in my hands, and, my prayer, was pure.

Job 16:21

That one might plead, for a man, with GOD, - Even a son of man, for his friend!

Job 21:27

Lo! I know your plans, and the devices, wherewith ye would do me violence!

Job 23:3-7

Oh that I knew where I might find him! I would come even unto his dwelling-place;

Job 30:20

I cry out for help unto thee, and thou dost not answer, I stand still, and thou dost gaze at me;

Job 31:35-36

Oh that I had one to hear me, Lo! my crossmark, May, the Almighty, answer me! And would that, a book, mine opponent had written!

Job 34:5

For Job hath said - I am righteous, But, GOD, hath turned away my right;

Job 40:8

Wilt thou even frustrate my justice? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest appear right?

Psalm 22:2

My God! I keep crying - By day, and thou dost not answer, and, By night, and there is no rest for me.

Jeremiah 20:8

For, as often as I speak, I make outcry, Violence and wasting, I proclaim, - Yea the word of Yahweh hath become to me a reproach and derision lull the day

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