Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

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

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.

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.

The Emphasized Bible

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

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 then understand that it is God who has wronged me
and caught me in His net.
7 I cry out: “Violence!” but get no response;
I call for help, but there is no justice.
8 He has blocked my way so that I cannot pass through;
He has veiled my paths with darkness.


Cross References

Lamentations 3:8

Even when I cry out and plead for help,
He rejects my prayer.

Habakkuk 1:2-3

How long, Lord, must I call for help
and You do not listen
or cry out to You about violence
and You do not save?

Job 9:24

The earth is handed over to the wicked;
He blindfolds its judges.
If it isn’t He, then who is it?

Job 9:32

For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him,
that we can take each other to court.

Job 10:3

Is it good for You to oppress,
to reject the work of Your hands,
and favor the plans of the wicked?

Job 10:15-17

If I am wicked, woe to me!
And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head.
I am filled with shame
and aware of my affliction.

Job 13:15-23

Even if He kills me, I will hope in Him.
I will still defend my ways before Him.

Job 16:17-19

although my hands are free from violence
and my prayer is pure.

Job 16:21

I wish that someone might arbitrate
between a man and God
just as a man pleads for his friend.

Job 21:27

I know your thoughts very well,
the schemes you would wrong me with.

Job 23:3-7

If only I knew how to find Him,
so that I could go to His throne.

Job 30:20

I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me;
when I stand up, You merely look at me.

Job 31:35-36

If only I had someone to hear my case!
Here is my signature; let the Almighty answer me.
Let my Opponent compose His indictment.

Job 34:5

For Job has declared, “I am righteous,
yet God has deprived me of justice.

Job 40:8

Would you really challenge My justice?
Would you declare Me guilty to justify yourself?

Psalm 22:2

My God, I cry by day, but You do not answer,
by night, yet I have no rest.

Jeremiah 20:8

For whenever I speak, I cry out,
I proclaim, “Violence and destruction!”
because the word of the Lord has become for me
constant disgrace and derision.

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