Parallel Verses

World English Bible

"Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. 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.

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.

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 subverted me, and has surrounded me with his net. 7 "Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no justice. 8 He has walled up my way so that I can't pass, and has set darkness in my paths.

Cross References

Lamentations 3:8

Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.

Habakkuk 1:2-3

Yahweh, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you "Violence!" and will you not save?

Job 9:24

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If 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 oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile on the counsel of the wicked?

Job 10:15-17

If I am wicked, woe to me. If I am righteous, I still shall not lift up my head, being filled with disgrace, and conscious of my affliction.

Job 13:15-23

Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.

Job 16:17-19

Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

Job 16:21

that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!

Job 21:27

"Behold, I know your thoughts, the devices with which you would wrong 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 cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me.

Job 31:35-36

oh that I had one to hear me! (behold, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); let the accuser write my indictment!

Job 34:5

For Job has said, 'I am righteous, God has taken away my right:

Job 40:8

Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

Psalm 22:2

My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don't answer; in the night season, and am not silent.

Jeremiah 20:8

For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, Violence and destruction! because the word of Yahweh is made a reproach to me, and a derision, all the day.

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