Job

Job 19:6–7

⁶then understand that it is God who has wronged me

and drawn His net around me.

⁷Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response;

though I call for help, there is no justice.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
then	אֵ֭פוֹ	’ê·p̄ōw	Conjunction	H645 then
understand	דְּֽעוּ־	də·‘ū-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H3045 know
that	כִּי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
it is God	אֱל֣וֹהַּ	’ĕ·lō·w·ah	Noun - masculine singular	H433 god, God
who has wronged me	עִוְּתָ֑נִי	‘iw·wə·ṯā·nî	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular	H5791 be bent, crooked
and drawn His net	וּ֝מְצוּד֗וֹ	ū·mə·ṣū·ḏōw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H4685 siege-works
around	הִקִּֽיף׃	hiq·qîp̄	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5362 strike off
me	עָלַ֥י	‘ā·lay	Preposition; first person common singular	H5921 height

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Though	הֵ֤ן	hên	Interjection	H2005 lo! behold
I cry out	אֶצְעַ֣ק	’eṣ·‘aq	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H6817 cry, cry out, call
Violence	חָ֭מָס	ḥā·mās	Noun - masculine singular	H2555 violence, wrong
I get no	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
response	אֵעָנֶ֑ה	’ê·‘ā·neh	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H6030 answer, respond
though I call for help	אֲ֝שַׁוַּ֗ע	’ă·šaw·wa‘	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular	H7768 cry out for help
there is no	וְאֵ֣ין	wə·’ên	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
justice	מִשְׁפָּֽט׃	miš·pāṭ	Noun - masculine singular	H4941 judgment

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 19:6 Job 18:8–10 · Job 16:11–14 · Job 7:20 · Job 27:2

Job 19:7 Habakkuk 1:2–3 · Lamentations 3:8 · Job 31:35–36 · Job 30:20 · Job 40:8 · Job 21:27 · Job 34:5 · Job 23:3–7

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.