King James Version
What Does Job 19:7 Mean?
“Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. wrong: or, violence”
Context
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 heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. wrong: or, violence
8
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
9
He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(7) **Behold I cry out of wrong.**—The description he now gives of himself as persecuted and forsaken by God is necessary to enhance the value of the confession he is about to make. Severely has God dealt with him, but that severity of dealing has only drawn him nearer to God and made him trust the more. He groups together a rich variety of figures to express his desolate condition. He is suffering assault, and can get no protection or redress; he is imprisoned on every side, his hope is torn up like the tree of which he had before spoken (Job 14:7).
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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