Job 19:7

American Standard Version (1901)

Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.

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Referenced Verses

  • Hab 1:2-3 : 2 O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save. 3 Why dost thou show me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? for destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up.
  • Lam 3:8 : 8 Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.
  • Job 30:20 : 20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me.
  • Job 31:35-36 : 35 Oh 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! 36 Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown:
  • Job 34:5 : 5 For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right:
  • Job 40:8 : 8 Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?
  • Ps 22:2 : 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.
  • Jer 20:8 : 8 For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, Violence and destruction! because the word of Jehovah is made a reproach unto me, and a derision, all the day.
  • Job 9:24 : 24 The 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 9:32 : 32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.
  • Job 10:3 : 3 Is 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 10:15-17 : 15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; And if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head; Being filled with ignominy, And looking upon mine affliction. 16 And if [my head] exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion; And again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me. 17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, And increasest thine indignation upon me: Changes and warfare are with me.
  • Job 13:15-23 : 15 Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him. 16 This also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him. 17 Hear diligently my speech, And let my declaration be in your ears. 18 Behold now, I have set my cause in order; I know that I am righteous. 19 Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost. 20 Only do not two things unto me; Then will I not hide myself from thy face: 21 Withdraw thy hand far from me; And let not thy terror make me afraid. 22 Then call thou, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and answer thou me. 23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin.
  • Job 16:17-19 : 17 Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure. 18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have no [resting] -place. 19 Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And he that voucheth for me is on high.
  • Job 16:21 : 21 That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbor!
  • Job 21:27 : 27 Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me.
  • Job 23:3-7 : 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat! 4 I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me. 6 Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me. 7 There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 30:19-20
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    80%

    19 He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.

    20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me.

  • 8 He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.

  • 6 Know now that God hath subverted me [in my cause], And hath compassed me with his net.

  • Lam 3:7-9
    3 verses
    77%

    7 He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.

    8 Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.

    9 He hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked.

  • Job 9:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.

    16 If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice.

  • Job 23:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7 There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

    8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not [there] ; And backward, but I cannot perceive him;

  • 19 If [we speak] of strength, lo, [he is] mighty! And if of justice, Who, [saith he], will summon me?

  • Job 13:18-19
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    75%

    18 Behold now, I have set my cause in order; I know that I am righteous.

    19 Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost.

  • 9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.

  • Job 7:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

    12 Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me?

  • 9 Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?

  • 13 Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me?

  • 5 For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right:

  • 1 [For the Chief Musician; afer the manner of Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph]. I will cry unto God with my voice, Even unto God with my voice; and he will give ear unto me.

  • 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.

  • Hab 1:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3 Why dost thou show me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? for destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up.

    4 Therefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted.

  • 8 Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?

  • 32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.

  • 2 Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan,

  • 59 O Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong; judge thou my cause.

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

  • 1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

  • 1 Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee; yet would I reason the cause with thee: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?

  • 17 Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.

  • 38 If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together;

  • 1 [Maschil of David, when he was in the cave; a Prayer]. I cry with my voice unto Jehovah; With my voice unto Jehovah do I make supplication.

  • 9 I will bear the indignation of Jehovah, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, [and] I shall behold his righteousness.

  • 28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

  • Job 16:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20 My friends scoff at me: [But] mine eye poureth out tears unto God,

    21 That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbor!

  • 21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.

  • 12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, Because of the pride of evil men.

  • 24 Judge me, O Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness; And let them not rejoice over me.

  • 4 As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?

  • 28 I go mourning without the sun: I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.

  • 22 As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto thee.

  • 16 I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, [Though] I entreat him with my mouth.

  • 9 Therefore is justice far from us, neither doth righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

  • 7 Although thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?

  • 20 But, O Jehovah of hosts, who judgest righteously, who triest the heart and the mind, I shall see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

  • 25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?

  • 35 Oh 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!