Job 19:7

Behold, when I cry chamas, I am not heard; 1 I cry for help, but there is no mishpat. 1

Orthodox Jewish 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

6Have da'as now that Eloah hath put me in the wrong, 1 and hath encompassed me with his matzud (net). 1

8He hath fenced around my way that I cannot pass, 1 and set choshech in my paths. 1

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Cross References

Job 9:24Eretz is given into the yad of the resha; 1 He blindfoldeth the faces of the shofetim (judges) thereof; 1 if not, then, who doeth it? 1

Job 10:3Is it hatov (pleasing) unto Thee that Thou shouldest oppress, 1 that Thou shouldest reject the work of Thine hands, 1 and shine [favor] upon the etzah (scheme) of the resha'im? 1

Job 13:15Though He slay me, yet will I wait for and trust in Him; 1 but I will maintain my derech before Him. + 13:15 Isa 53:8,10 1

Job 16:21O that one might plead for a man with Eloah, 1 as a man pleadeth for his neighbor! 1

Job 23:3Oh that I knew where I might find Him! 1 That I might come even to His techunah (abode)! 1

Job 31:35Oh that one would hear me! 1 See, my tav [signature], that Shaddai would answer me, 1 and that mine adversary had written a sefer [of indictment]; 1

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 →

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