Job 19:7 Cross References - LEB

⁷ "Look, I cry out, 'Violence!' but* I am not answered; I cry out, but* there is no justice.

²⁴ The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; he covers the face of its judge— if it is not he, then who is it?

³² "For* he is not a mortal like me that I can answer him, that _⌊we can come to trial together_⌋.*

³ Is it good for you that you oppress, that you despise the labor of your hands, and you smile over the schemes of the wicked?

¹⁵ If I am guilty, woe to me! But* if I am righteous, I dare not lift my head; I am filled with shame, and just look at my misery! ¹⁶ And if my head grows bold, you would hunt me as the lion in its prime; _⌊and you repeat your exploits against me_⌋.* ¹⁷ You renew your witnesses against me, and you increase your vexation against me; _⌊relief forces_⌋* are against me.

¹⁵ Look,* though he kill me, I will hope in* him; however, I will defend my ways _⌊before him_⌋.* ¹⁶ Moreover, this is salvation to me, that the godless would not come _⌊before him_⌋.* ¹⁷ "Listen carefully to my words, and let my exposition be in your ears. ¹⁸ Please look,* I have prepared my case; I know that I myself* will be vindicated. ¹⁹ Who is he who will contend with me? For _⌊then_⌋ I would be silent, and I would pass away. ²⁰ "Only you* must not do these two things to me; then I will not hide from your face: ²¹ withdraw your* hand from me, and let not your* dread terrify me. ²² Then* call, and I myself* will answer; or let me speak, then* reply to me. ²³ "_⌊How many_⌋* are my iniquities and sins? Make known to me my transgression and my sin.

¹⁷ _⌊although_⌋* violence is not on my hands, and my prayer is pure. ¹⁸ "O earth, you should not cover my blood, and let there be no place* for my cry for help. ¹⁹ So now look, my witness is in the heavens, and he who vouches for me is in the heights.

²¹ and it argues* for a mortal with God, and as _⌊a human_⌋* for his friend.

²⁷ "Look, I know your* thoughts and the schemes you devise against me.

³ _⌊O that_⌋* I knew and that I might find him; O that I might come to his dwelling. ⁴ I would lay my case _⌊before him_⌋,* and I would fill my mouth with arguments. ⁵ I want to know the words with which he would answer me, and I want to understand what he would say to me. ⁶ Would he contend with me in the greatness of his strength? No, but he himself* would give heed to me. ⁷ There an upright person could reason with him, and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.

²⁰ I cry to you for help, but* you do not answer me; I stand, and you merely look at me.

³⁵ _⌊O that_⌋* _⌊I had_⌋* someone hearing me! Here is my signature; let Shaddai answer me! _⌊As for_⌋* the written communication that _⌊my adversary_⌋* has written, ³⁶ I would _⌊surely_⌋* carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me like a crown.

⁵ for Job has said, 'I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice.

⁸ "Indeed, would you annul my justice? Would you condemn me, so that you might be righteous?

² O my God, I call by day and you do not answer, and by night but I have no rest.*

⁸ For _⌊as often as_⌋* I speak, I must cry out violence and destruction. I must shout, for the word of Yahweh has become for me a disgrace and derision all day long.

⁸ Though I cry out for help, he shuts out my prayers.

² O Yahweh, how long shall I cry for help and you will not listen? How long will I cry out to you, "Violence!" and you will not save? ³ Why do you cause me to see evil while you look at trouble? Destruction and violence happen before me; contention and strife arise.