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"Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.
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A Cry Against Violence
Commentators explain that Job's cry is against "wrong" or "violence" (Hebrew: châmâs). He feels he is the victim of a severe assault, which he attributes to God's actions. His lament is that despite his desperate cries for help and justice, he receives no hearing from God or his friends.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Behold, I cry out of wrong - Margin, or “violence.” The Hebrew word (חמס châmâs) properly means violence. The violence ref…
19th Century
Anglican
Behold I cry out of wrong. —The description he now gives of himself as persecuted and forsaken by God is necessary to enh…
Baptist
Poor Job! When our prayer is not heard, or we think it is not, then the clouds above us are dark indeed. You who are passing through a season of un…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Behold, I cry out of wrong Or of "violence" F13 , or injury done him by the Sabeans and Chaldeans upon hi…
Job's friends blamed him as a wicked man because he was so afflicted; here he describes their unkindness, showing that what they condemned was capa…
13th Century
Catholic
In the previous discourse, it seems Bildad intended two things. First, he intended to refute Job for his stupidity, pride, and anger ([Reference Jo…
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