Parallel Verses

Amplified


They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—
Even to the Lord [they cried], but He did not answer them.

New American Standard Bible

They cried for help, but there was none to save,
Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.

King James Version

They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

Holman Bible

They cry for help, but there is no one to save them
they cry to the Lord, but He does not answer them.

International Standard Version

They cried out for deliverance, but there was no one to deliver; they cried out to the LORD, but he did not answer them.

A Conservative Version

They cried, but there was none to save, even to LORD, but he answered them not.

American Standard Version

They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.

Bible in Basic English

They were crying out, but there was no one to come to their help: even to the Lord, but he gave them no answer.

Darby Translation

They cried, and there was none to save; unto Jehovah, and he answered them not.

Julia Smith Translation

They will cry and none saving: to Jehovah, and he answered them not

King James 2000

They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

Lexham Expanded Bible

They cried out but there was no rescuer, [even] to Yahweh, but he did not answer them.

Modern King James verseion

They cried, but there was none to save; even to Jehovah, but He did not answer them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

They shall cry, but there shall be none to help them: Yea, even unto the LORD shall they cry, but he shall hear them not. {TYNDALE: They looked for help, but none came to save them: unto the LORD they cried, but he heard them not.}

NET Bible

They cry out, but there is no one to help them; they cry out to the Lord, but he does not answer them.

New Heart English Bible

They cried, but there was none to save; even to the LORD, but he did not answer them.

The Emphasized Bible

They cried out, but there was none to save, unto Yahweh, but he answered them not.

Webster

They cried, but there was none to save them: even to the LORD, but he answered them not.

World English Bible

They cried, but there was none to save; even to Yahweh, but he didn't answer them.

Youngs Literal Translation

They cry, and there is no saviour, On Jehovah, and He doth not answer them.

Context Readings

Praise For Deliverance

40
You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me [in defeat],
And I silenced and destroyed those who hated me.
41 
They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—
Even to the Lord [they cried], but He did not answer them.
42
Then I beat them fine as the dust before the wind;
I emptied them out as the dirt of the streets.


Cross References

Proverbs 1:28


“Then they will call upon me (Wisdom), but I will not answer;
They will seek me eagerly but they will not find me,

Job 27:9


“Will God hear his cry
When trouble and distress come upon him?

2 Samuel 22:42-43


“They looked, but there was no savior for them—
Even to the Lord [they looked], but He did not answer them.

Job 35:12-13


“The people cry out, but He does not answer
Because of the pride of evil men.

Psalm 50:22


“Now consider this, you who forget God,
Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be no one to rescue [you].

Isaiah 1:15


“So when you spread out your hands [in prayer, pleading for My help],
I will hide My eyes from you;
Yes, even though you offer many prayers,
I will not be listening.
Your hands are full of blood!

Isaiah 59:1-2

Behold, the Lord’s hand is not so short
That it cannot save,
Nor His ear so impaired
That it cannot hear.

Jeremiah 11:11

Therefore thus says the Lord, “Behold I am bringing disaster and suffering on them which they will not be able to escape; though they cry to Me, I will not listen to them.

Jeremiah 14:12

Though they fast, I will not hear their cry; and though they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them [because they are done as obligations, and not as acts of loving obedience]. Instead I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.”

Ezekiel 8:18

Therefore, I indeed will deal in wrath. My eye will have no pity nor will I spare [them]; and though they cry loudly in My ears, yet I will not listen to them.”

Hosea 7:14


They do not cry out to Me from their heart
When they wail on their beds [in unbelieving despair];
For the sake of grain and new wine they assemble themselves [as if worshiping Baal];
They rebel against Me.

Micah 3:4


Then they will cry to the Lord,
But He will not answer them;
Instead, He will even hide His face from them at that time [withholding His mercy]
Because they have practiced and tolerated and ignored evil acts.

Zechariah 7:13

And just as He called and they would not listen, so they called and I would not listen,” says the Lord of hosts;

Luke 13:25

Once the head of the house gets up and closes the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door [again and again], saying, ‘Lord, open to us!’ then He will answer you, ‘I do not know where you are from [for you are not of My household].’

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