Job 35:9

“By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.

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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 may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness may profit a son of man.

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

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Cross References

Exodus 3:7The 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. The soul of the wounded cries out, yet God doesn’t regard the folly.

Job 40:9Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?

Psalms 12:5“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”

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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