Job 35:9

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

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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 the 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 the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

Nehemiah 5:1And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

Job 24:12Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded cries out: yet God lays not folly to them.

Job 40:9Have you an arm like God? or can you thunder with a voice like him?

Psalms 12:5For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, says the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffs at him.

Psalms 55:2Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, 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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