Job 19:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

‫הֵ֤ן אֶצְעַ֣ק חָ֭מָס וְלֹ֣א אֵעָנֶ֑ה אֲ֝שַׁוַּ֗ע וְאֵ֣ין מִשְׁפָּֽט׃‬

Transliteration

hēn ʾeṣʿaq ḥāmās wə-lō ʾēʿāneh ʾăšawwaʿ wə-ʾên mišpāṭ

Grammar Details

• *hēn*: interjection - behold
• *ʾeṣʿaq*: qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I cry out
• *ḥāmās*: noun common masculine singular - violence/wrong
• *wə-lō*: waw conjunction + negative particle - and not
• *ʾēʿāneh*: niphal imperfect, 1st person singular - I am answered
• *ʾăšawwaʿ*: piel imperfect, 1st person singular - I cry for help
• *wə-ʾên*: waw conjunction + particle of negation - and there is no
• *mišpāṭ*: noun common masculine singular - justice/judgment

Word Meanings

• *ṣāʿaq*: to cry/call out
• *ḥāmās*: violence/wrong/injustice
• *ʿānāh*: to answer/respond
• *šāwaʿ*: to cry out for help
• *mišpāṭ*: justice/judgment/legal process

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.