Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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.

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 By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off. 41 They were crying out, but there was no one to come to their help: even to the Lord, but he gave them no answer. 42 Then they were crushed as small as dust before the wind; they were drained out like the waste of the streets.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:28

Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me:

Job 27:9

Will his cry come to the ears of God when he is in trouble?

2 Samuel 22:42-43

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

Job 35:12-13

There they are crying out because of the pride of the evil-doers, but he gives them no answer.

Isaiah 1:15

And when your hands are stretched out to me, my eyes will be turned away from you: even though you go on making prayers, I will not give ear: your hands are full of blood.

Isaiah 59:1-2

Truly, the Lord's hand has not become short, so that he is unable to give salvation; and his ear is not shut from hearing:

Jeremiah 11:11

So the Lord has said, I will send evil on them, which they will not be able to get away from; and they will send up a cry for help to me, but I will not give ear to them.

Jeremiah 14:12

When they go without food, I will not give ear to their cry; when they give burned offerings and meal offerings, I will not take pleasure in them: but I will put an end to them by the sword and by need of food and by disease.

Ezekiel 8:18

For this reason I will let loose my wrath: my eye will not have mercy, and I will have no pity.

Hosea 7:14

And they have not made prayer to me in their hearts, but they make loud cries on their beds; they are cutting themselves for food and wine, they are turned against me.

Micah 3:4

Then they will be crying to the Lord for help, but he will not give them an answer: yes, he will keep his face veiled from them at that time, because their acts have been evil.

Zechariah 7:13

And it came about that as they would not give ear to his voice, so I would not give ear to their voice, says the Lord of armies:

Luke 13:25

When the master of the house has got up, and the door has been shut, and you, still outside, give blows on the door, saying, Lord, let us in; he will make answer and say, I have no knowledge of where you come from.

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