Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but he did not answer. New Living Translation They called for help, but no one came to their rescue. They even cried to the LORD, but he refused to answer. English Standard Version They cried for help, but there was none to save; they cried to the LORD, but he did not answer them. Berean Standard Bible They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer. King James Bible They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not. New King James Version They cried out, but there was none to save; Even to the LORD, but He did not answer them. New American Standard Bible They cried for help, but there was no one to save, They cried to the LORD, but He did not answer them. NASB 1995 They cried for help, but there was none to save, Even to the LORD, but He did not answer them. NASB 1977 They cried for help, but there was none to save, Even to the LORD, but He did not answer them. Legacy Standard Bible They cried for help, but there was none to save, Even to Yahweh, but He did not answer them. Amplified Bible They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— Even to the LORD [they cried], but He did not answer them. Christian Standard Bible They cry for help, but there is no one to save them — they cry to the LORD, but he does not answer them. Holman Christian Standard Bible They cry for help, but there is no one to save them— they cry to the LORD, but He does not answer them. American Standard Version They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not. Aramaic Bible in Plain English They will wail and there will be no savior for them; they will beg of LORD JEHOVAH and he will not answer them. Brenton Septuagint Translation They cried, but there was no deliverer: even to the Lord, but he hearkened not to them. Contemporary English Version They cried out for help, but no one saved them; they called out to you, but there was no answer. Douay-Rheims Bible They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: but he heard them not. English Revised Version They cried, but there was none to save: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not. GOD'S WORD® Translation They cried out for help, but there was no one to save them. They cried out to the LORD, but he did not answer them. Good News Translation They cry for help, but no one saves them; they call to the LORD, but he does not answer. International Standard Version They cried out for deliverance, but there was no one to deliver; they cried out to the LORD, but he did not answer them. JPS Tanakh 1917 They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto the LORD, but He answered them not. Literal Standard Version They cry, and there is no savior, | On YHWH, and He does not answer them. Majority Standard Bible They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer. New American Bible They cried for help, but no one saved them; cried to the LORD but received no answer. NET Bible They cry out, but there is no one to help them; they cry out to the LORD, but he does not answer them. New Revised Standard Version They cried for help, but there was no one to save them; they cried to the LORD, but he did not answer them. New Heart English Bible They cried, but there was none to save; even to the LORD, but he did not answer them. Webster's Bible Translation They cried, but there was none to save them: even to the LORD, but he answered them not. World English Bible They cried, but there was no one to save; even to Yahweh, but he didn’t answer them. Young's Literal Translation They cry, and there is no saviour, On Jehovah, and He doth not answer them. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The LORD is My Rock…40You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me. 41They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer. 42I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets.… Cross References Job 27:9 Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him? Psalm 50:22 Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you: Psalm 66:18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. Proverbs 1:28 Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me. Proverbs 15:29 The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous. Jeremiah 11:11 Therefore this is what the LORD says: 'I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them. Micah 3:4 Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done. Treasury of Scripture They cried, but there was none to save them: even to the LORD, but he answered them not. 2 Samuel 22:42,43 They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not… Job 35:12,13 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men… Proverbs 1:28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: Jump to Previous Cried Cry Crying Help Save SaviourJump to Next Cried Cry Crying Help Save SaviourPsalm 18 1. David praises God for his manifold and marvelous blessings(41) Cried.--Sam. 22 has "looked."Verse 41. - They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the Lord, but he answered them not. It seems strange, at first sight, that the heathen enemies of David should "cry unto the Lord," i.e. to Jehovah; and hence some have been driven to suppose that a victory over domestic enemies is here interpolated into the series of foreign victories. But it seems better to explain, with Hengstenberg and the 'Speaker's Commentary,' that the heathen did sometimes, as a last resort, pray to a foreign god, whom they seemed to find by experience to be more powerful than their own (see Jonah 1:14). Jehovah was known by name, as the God of the Israelites, to the surrounding nations. Mesha mentions him upon the Moabite Stone; and Sennacherib declared, by the mouth of Rabshakeh, "Am I come up without the Lord against this place to destroy it? The Lord (Jehovah) said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it" (2 Kings 18:25). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew They cried for help,יְשַׁוְּע֥וּ (yə·šaw·wə·‘ū) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7768: To be free, to halloo but [there was] no one וְאֵין־ (wə·’ên-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle to save them— מוֹשִׁ֑יעַ (mō·wō·šî·a‘) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 3467: To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor to עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the LORD, יְ֝הוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel but He did not וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no answer. עָנָֽם׃ (‘ā·nām) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 6030: To answer, respond Links Psalm 18:41 NIVPsalm 18:41 NLT Psalm 18:41 ESV Psalm 18:41 NASB Psalm 18:41 KJV Psalm 18:41 BibleApps.com Psalm 18:41 Biblia Paralela Psalm 18:41 Chinese Bible Psalm 18:41 French Bible Psalm 18:41 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 18:41 They cried but there was none (Psalm Ps Psa.) |