Job 35:9

Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.

Majority Standard Bible

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

8Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.

10But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,

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Cross References

Exodus 3:7The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.

Nehemiah 5:1About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.

Job 24:12From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.

Job 40:9Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?

Psalms 12:5“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

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

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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