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.

Webster 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

8Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art : and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.

10But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth 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 who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their task-masters; 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 crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them .

Job 40:9Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like his?

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

Psalms 55:2Attend to 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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