Job 35:9

Because of the multitude of oppressions || They cause to cry out, || They cry because of the arm of the mighty.

Literal Standard 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

8For a man like yourself [is] your wickedness, || And for a son of man your righteousness.

10And none said, Where [is] God my Maker? Giving songs in the night,

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Cross References

Exodus 3:7And YHWH says, “I have certainly seen the affliction of My people who [are] in Egypt, and I have heard their cry because of its exactors, for I have known its pains;

Nehemiah 5:1And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brothers the Jews,

Job 24:12Men groan because of enmity, || And the soul of pierced ones cries, || And God does not give praise.

Job 40:9And do you have an arm like God? And do you thunder with a voice like His?

Psalms 12:5Because of the spoiling of the poor, || Because of the groaning of the needy, || Now I arise, says YHWH, || I set in safety [him who] breathes for it.

Psalms 55:2Attend to me, and answer me, || I mourn in my meditation, and make a noise,

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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