King James Version
Job 19:7 in the King James Version says “Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. wrong: or, violence” — study this verse from Job chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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
If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. wrong: or, violence
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“but I am not heard”
H6030properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout,
“I cry aloud”
H7768properly, to be free; but used only causatively and reflexively, to halloo (for help, i.e., freedom from some trouble)
“but there is no judgment”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
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