Parallel Verses

NET Bible

"If I cry out, 'Violence!' I receive no answer; I cry 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.

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.

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 then that God has wronged me and encircled me with his net. 7 "If I cry out, 'Violence!' I receive no answer; I cry for help, but there is no justice. 8 He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths.

Cross References

Lamentations 3:8

Also, when I cry out desperately for help, he has shut out my prayer.

Habakkuk 1:2-3

How long, Lord, must I cry for help? But you do not listen! I call out to you, "Violence!" But you do not intervene!

Job 9:24

If a land has been given into the hand of a wicked man, he covers the faces of its judges; if it is not he, then who is it?

Job 9:32

For he is not a human being like I am, that I might answer him, that we might come together in judgment.

Job 10:3

Is it good for you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?

Job 10:15-17

If I am guilty, woe to me, and if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head; I am full of shame, and satiated with my affliction.

Job 13:15-23

Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face!

Job 16:17-19

although there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure.

Job 16:21

and he contends with God on behalf of man as a man pleads for his friend.

Job 21:27

"Yes, I know what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.

Job 23:3-7

O that I knew where I might find him, that I could come to his place of residence!

Job 30:20

I cry out to you, but you do not answer me; I stand up, and you only look at me.

Job 31:35-36

"If only I had someone to hear me! Here is my signature -- let the Almighty answer me! If only I had an indictment that my accuser had written.

Job 34:5

For Job says, 'I am innocent, but God turns away my right.

Job 40:8

Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?

Psalm 22:2

My God, I cry out during the day, but you do not answer, and during the night my prayers do not let up.

Jeremiah 20:8

For whenever I prophesy, I must cry out, "Violence and destruction are coming!" This message from the Lord has made me an object of continual insults and derision.

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