Job 19:7
Behold, I complain of wrong, but receive no answer; I cry aloud, but obtain no justice.
Noyes Bible
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 then that it is God who hath brought me low; He hath encompassed me with his net.
8He hath fenced up my way, so that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.
Cross References
Job 9:24The earth is given into the hands of the wicked; He covereth the face of the judges thereof; If it be not He, who is it?
Job 10:3Is it a pleasure to thee to oppress, And to despise the work of thy hands, And to shine upon the plans of the wicked?
Job 13:15Lo! he slayeth me, and I have no hope! Yet will I justify my ways before him.
Job 16:21O that one might contend for a man with God, As a man contendeth with his neighbor!
Job 23:3O that I knew where I might find him! That I might go before his throne!
Job 31:35O that there were one who would hear me! Behold my signature! let the Almighty answer me. And let mine adversary write down his charge!
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 →