Job 19:7
Behold, I cry out: 'Violence!' but I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no justice.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
In Context
6Know now that God hath subverted my cause, and hath compassed me with His net.
8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and hath set darkness in my paths.
Cross References
Job 9:24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if it be not He, who then is it?
Job 10:3Is it good unto Thee that Thou shouldest oppress, that Thou shouldest despise the work of Thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
Job 13:15Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him; but I will argue my ways before Him.
Job 16:21That He would set aright a man contending with God, as a son of man setteth aright his neighbour!
Job 23:3Oh that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat!
Job 31:35Oh that I had one to hear me! — Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me — and that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written!
Matthew Henry on Job 19:2-8
The Reply of Job to Bildad. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Job answered and said, 2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words? 3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me. 4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself. 5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach: 6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net. 7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not… Read the whole commentary →