Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

Behold, I cry out, Violence! And I am not answered. I cry aloud, 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.

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 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 now that God has overthrown me, and His net has closed on me. 7 Behold, I cry out, Violence! And I am not answered. I cry aloud, but there is no justice. 8 He has fenced up my way so that I cannot pass, and He has set darkness in my paths.

Cross References

Lamentations 3:8

Also when I cry and shout, He shuts out my prayer.

Habakkuk 1:2-3

O Jehovah, until when shall I cry and You will not hear? I cry out to You of violence, and You do not save!

Job 9:24

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covers the faces of its judges; if it is not He, then who is it?

Job 9:32

For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, that we should come together in judgment;

Job 10:3

Is it good to You that You should press down, that You should despise the work of Your hands, and shine on the counsel of the wicked?

Job 10:15-17

If I am wicked, woe to me; and if I am righteous, I will not lift up my head, being filled with shame, and looking on my affliction.

Job 13:15-23

Though he slay me, I will not wait, but I will maintain my own ways before Him.

Job 16:17-19

though no violence is in my hand, and my prayer is pure.

Job 16:21

Oh that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads for his neighbor!

Job 21:27

Behold, I know your thoughts, and the plots which you wrongfully hatch against me.

Job 23:3-7

Oh that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat!

Job 30:20

I cried to You, and You did not hear me; I stood up, and You did not consider me.

Job 31:35-36

Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold my mark. Let the Almighty answer me, and my Accuser write an indictment.

Job 34:5

For Job has said, I am righteous; and God has taken away my right;

Job 40:8

Will you also set aside My judgment? Will you condemn Me so that you may be justified?

Psalm 22:2

O my God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not answer; and in the night, and am not silent.

Jeremiah 20:8

For whenever I speak, I cry out, I cry violence and ruin; for the Word of Jehovah has been a reproach and a cause of mocking to me all day.

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