Job 35:9

Job 35:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
• New International Version (NIV)“People cry out under a load of oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Because of the multitude of oppressions people cry out; they call for help because of the arm of the mighty.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry out for help because of the arm of the mighty.

Context of Job 35:9

7If you are righteous, what do you give God, Or what does He receive from your hand? 8Your wickedness affects only a man such as you, And your righteousness affects only a son of man [but it cannot affect God, who is sovereign]. “Because of the multitudes of oppressions the people cry out; They cry for help because of the [violent] arm of the mighty. 10But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs [of rejoicing] in the night, 11Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth And makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’

Job 35:9 word by word

מֵ֭רֹב עֲשׁוּקִ֣ים יַזְעִ֑יקוּ יְשַׁוְּע֖וּ מִזְּר֣וֹעַ רַבִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• By reason of the multitudeרֹבrôb · abundanceH7230
• of oppressionsעָשׁוּקִים‛âshûq ‛âshûq · oppressionH6217
• to cryזָעַקzâ‛aq · to cry outH2199
• they cry outשָׁוַעshâva‛ · to cryH7768
• by reason of the armזְרוֹעַzerôa‛ zerôa‛ zerô‛âh zerô‛âh · armH2220
• of the mightyרַבrab · manyH7227

Cross-references for Job 35:9

• Job 24:12From the [populous and crowded] city men groan, And the souls of the wounded cry out for help; Yet God [seemingly] does not pay attention to the wrong [done to them].
• Job 34:28So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him, And He heard the cry of the afflicted.
• Exodus 2:23Now it happened after a long time [about forty years] that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel (Jacob) groaned and sighed because of the bondage, and they cried out. And their cry for help because of their bondage ascended to God.
• Exodus 3:7The Lord said, “I have in fact seen the affliction (suffering, desolation) of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters (oppressors); for I know their pain and suffering.
• Nehemiah 5:1Now there was a great outcry of the [poorer] people and their wives against their Jewish brothers [to whom they were deeply in debt].
• Psalms 12:5“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”
• Psalms 43:2For You are the God of my strength [my stronghold—in whom I take refuge]; why have You rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
• Psalms 55:2Listen to me and answer me; I am restless and distraught in my complaint and distracted
• Psalms 56:1Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled on me; All day long the adversary oppresses and torments me.
• Luke 18:3There was a [desperate] widow in that city and she kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice and legal protection from my adversary.’
• Job 40:9Have you an arm like God, And can you thunder with a voice like His?
• Psalms 10:15Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer, Seek out his wickedness until You find no more.

Commentaries on Job 35:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9By reason of the multitude - Or rather, "From among the multitude" the oppressed clamor, יזעיקו yaziku : they shout, ישועו yeshavveu, because of the mighty. The wicked rich oppress the wicked poor; these cry aloud because of their oppressors; but they have no relief, because they call not upon God.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry - It is not quite easy to see the connection which this verse has with what goes before, or its bearing on the argument of Elihu. It seems however, to refer to the “oppressed in general,” and to the fact, to which Job had himself adverted Job 24:12, that people are borne down by oppression and that God does not interpose to save them. They are suffered to remain in that state of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-13Verses 9-13 Job complained that God did not regard the cries of the oppressed against their oppressors. This he knew not how to reconcile the justice of God and his government. Elihu solves the difficulty. Men do not notice the mercies they enjoy in and under their afflictions, nor are thankful for them, therefore they cannot expect that God should deliver them out of affliction. He gives songs in the night; when our condition is dark and melancholy…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. (Ec 4:1.) Elihu states in Job's words (Job 24. 12; 30. 20) the difficulty; the "cries" of "the oppressed" not being heard might lead man to think that wrongs are not punished by Him.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 35:9

• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• Advantage
• Elihu
• Heaven
• Arm
• Oppression

Commentaries on Job 35

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary