Job 35:9

Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

In Context

8Thy wickedness [is] a man as thou are, and thy righteousness [is] a son of man.

10But none says, Where is God my maker who gives songs in the night,

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Cross References

Exodus 3:7And LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.

Nehemiah 5:1Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.

Job 24:12From out of the populous city men groan, and the soul of the wounded cries out. Yet God does not regard the folly.

Job 40:9Or have thou an arm like God? And can thou thunder with a voice like him?

Psalms 12:5Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, says LORD. I will set him in the safety he gasps for.

Psalms 55:2Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan,

Matthew Henry on Job 35:2-9

The Address of Elihu. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Elihu spake moreover, and said, 2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? 3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? 4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee. 5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou. 6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou… Read the whole commentary →

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