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Job 19:7 Cross-References

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Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. wrong: or, violence

Job 19:7 (KJV)

Commentary on Job 19:7

'Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.' Job's complaint: he cries 'wrong' (חָמָס, chamas—violence), but receives no hearing (לֹא אֵעָנֶה, lo e'aneh); he cries aloud (אֲשַׁוַּע, ashava) but gets no 'judgment' (אֵין מִשְׁפָּט, eyn mishpat). This echoes Habakkuk 1:2—'why dost thou show me iniquity and cause me to behold grievance?' Job accuses God of judicial failure—not hearing cries for justice. This is scandalous speech, yet Scripture preserves it. The Reformed tradition distinguishes between expressing feeling (legitimate) and theological decla...

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