Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“If I called and He answered me,
I could not believe that He was listening to my voice.

King James Version

If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.

Holman Bible

If I summoned Him and He answered me,
I do not believe He would pay attention to what I said.

International Standard Version

"Were I to be summoned, and he were to answer me, I wouldn't even believe that he was listening to what I have to say.

A Conservative Version

If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I would not believe that he hearkened to my voice.

American Standard Version

If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice.

Amplified


“If I called and He answered me,
I could not believe that He was listening to my voice.

Bible in Basic English

If I had sent for him to be present, and he had come, I would have no faith that he would give ear to my voice.

Darby Translation

If I had called, and he had answered me, I would not believe that he hearkened to my voice, --

Julia Smith Translation

If I called and he will answer me, I shall not believe that he will give ear to my voice.

King James 2000

If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.

Lexham Expanded Bible

If I summon [him], and he should answer me, I do not believe that he will listen to my voice--

Modern King James verseion

If I had called and He had answered me, yet would I not believe that He had listened to my voice;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

If I had called upon him, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had heard my voice!

NET Bible

If I summoned him, and he answered me, I would not believe that he would be listening to my voice --

New Heart English Bible

If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I wouldn't believe that he listened to my voice.

The Emphasized Bible

Though I had called, and he had answered me, I could not believe, that he would lend an ear to my voice.

Webster

If I had called, and he had answered me; yet I would not believe that he had hearkened to my voice.

World English Bible

If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I wouldn't believe that he listened to my voice.

Youngs Literal Translation

Though I had called and He answereth me, I do not believe that He giveth ear to my voice.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
If I had called
קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 736

and he had answered
ענה 
`anah 
Usage: 329

אזן 
'azan 
Usage: 42

Context Readings

Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad

15 “For though I were right, I could not answer;
I would have to implore the mercy of my judge.
16 “If I called and He answered me,
I could not believe that He was listening to my voice.
17 “For He bruises me with a tempest
And multiplies my wounds without cause.



Cross References

Exodus 6:9

So Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses on account of their despondency and cruel bondage.

Judges 6:13

Then Gideon said to him, “O my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian.”

Job 29:24

“I smiled on them when they did not believe,
And the light of my face they did not cast down.

Psalm 18:6

In my distress I called upon the Lord,
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice out of His temple,
And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.

Psalm 66:18-20

If I regard wickedness in my heart,
The Lord will not hear;

Psalm 116:1-2

I love the Lord, because He hears
My voice and my supplications.

Psalm 126:1

A Song of Ascents.
When the Lord brought back the captive ones of Zion,
We were like those who dream.

Luke 24:41

While they still could not believe it because of their joy and amazement, He said to them, Have you anything here to eat?”

Acts 12:14-16

When she recognized Peter’s voice, because of her joy she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter was standing in front of the gate.

King James Version Public Domain

Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.

New American Standard Bible Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org

American Standard Version Public Domain

NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. NetBible

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain