Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

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

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.

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 Know ye now that God subverted me; and he folded his net about me. 7 Behold, I shall cry violence, and shall I not be answered: I shall cry for help, and no judgment 8 He walled up my path and I shall not pass, and he will set darkness upon my beaten paths.


Cross References

Lamentations 3:8

Also when I shall exclaim and cry out, he stopped my prayer.

Habakkuk 1:2-3

How long, O Jehovah, did I cry for help, and thou wilt not bear? I will cry to thee violence, and thou wilt not save.

Job 9:24

The earth was given into the hand of the unjust one: he will cover the faces of her judges; if not now, who is it?

Job 9:32

For not a man as I; I shall answer him, we shall come together in judgment

Job 10:3

Is it good to thee that thou wilt oppress, that thou wilt despise the labor of thy hinds, and thou didst shine upon the counsels of the unjust?

Job 10:15-17

If I did evil, wo to me; and was I just, I shall not lift up my head, being filled with dishonor: and see thou mine affliction;

Job 13:15-23

If he shall slay me shall I not hope? only I will prove my ways to his face.

Job 16:17-19

Not for violence in my hands: and my prayer is clean.

Job 16:21

Shall he judge for a man with God? and the son of man for his neighbor?

Job 21:27

Behold, I knew your purposes, and the devices ye will shake off against me.

Job 23:3-7

Who will give, I knew to find him: I will come even to his place.

Job 30:20

I shall cry to thee and thou wilt not answer me: I stood up and thou wilt not attend to me.

Job 31:35-36

Who will give to me hearing to me.? Behold, my sign, the Almighty will answer me, and the man contending with me wrote a book.

Job 34:5

For Job said, I was just: and God removed my judgment

Job 40:8

Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me so that thou shalt be just?

Psalm 22:2

My God, I will call in the day, and thou wilt not answer; and in the night no silence to me.

Jeremiah 20:8

For as often as I shall speak I shall cry; violence and oppression I shall call; for the word of Jehovah was to me for a reproach and for a derision all the day.

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