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Job 34:28
28They were cruel to poor people, so that God saw what was happening. God heard those poor people when they called to him for help.
Job 34:28 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
- New International Version (NIV)They caused the cry of the poor to come before him, so that he heard the cry of the needy.
- English Standard Version (ESV)so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him, and he heard the cry of the afflicted—
- New King James Version (NKJV)So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him; For He hears the cry of the afflicted.
Context of Job 34:28
26He punishes them because they have done wicked things. He does that where everyone can see. 27Those powerful people have turned away from God. They have not respected his commands. They were cruel to poor people, so that God saw what was happening. God heard those poor people when they called to him for help. 29But if God decides to do nothing, no one can say that he is wrong. If he hides himself, no one can see him. But he still rules over people and over nations. 30God does not let men rule, if they do not respect his ways. He stops them from causing trouble to the people.
Read all of Job 34Job 34:28 word by word
לְהָבִ֣יא עָ֭לָיו צַֽעֲקַת־דָּ֑ל וְצַעֲקַ֖ת עֲנִיִּ֣ים יִשְׁמָֽע׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 34:28
- Job 22:9But you refused to help widows. You were cruel to children who have no family.
- Job 24:12In the cities, people who are dying cry with pain. They call for help, but God does not punish the people who have hurt them.
- Job 29:12When poor people cried for help, I rescued them. I helped children who had no family that could help them.
- Job 31:19I have seen people without enough clothes to keep them warm, or without a coat to wear.
- Job 35:9When people suffer, they call aloud for help. They cry for help when powerful people attack them.
- Exodus 2:23After a long time had passed, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites were still slaves of the Egyptians. That made them very sad and they complained loudly. God heard them when they cried for help.
- Exodus 3:7The Lord said, ‘I have certainly seen the troubles of my people in Egypt. I have heard them when they cry for help because of their cruel masters. I know that they are very sad.
- Psalms 12:5But the Lord says: ‘Now I will do something! I know the cruel things that wicked people do to poor people. When weak people cry with pain, I hear them. So I will make them safe, as they want me to do for them.’
- Isaiah 5:7Israel's nation is like the vineyard of the Lord Almighty. Judah's people are his beautiful garden. But when the Lord looked there for justice, he found only murder! When he looked for people who were righteous, he saw that they were cruel.
- James 5:4But you have not paid the workers in your fields the money that you should have paid them. You have cheated them. Now they are shouting against you. The Lord of great power has heard them when they cry to him for help.
- Exodus 22:23If you are cruel to them, I will hear them when they call out to me for help.
Commentaries on Job 34:28
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28So that they cause the cry of the poor - They were cruel and oppressive: the poor cried through their distresses, and against their oppressors; and God heard the cry of the poor. Nothing so dreadful appears in the court of heaven against an unfeeling, hardhearted, and cruel man of power, as the prayers, tears, and groans of the poor. In times of little liberality, when some men thought they did God service by persecuting those who did not exactly receive…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him - - Their character is that of oppressors. They take away the rights of the poor; strip away their property without any just claims, and cause them to pour out their lamentations before God. And he heareth the cry of the afflicted - They oppress the poor so that they appeal unto him, but God hears their cry, and brings punishment upon the oppressor. This is “a general remark” thrown in here, meaning…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-30Verses 16-30 Elihu appeals directly to Job himself. Could he suppose that God was like those earthly princes, who hate right, who are unfit to rule, and prove the scourges of mankind? It is daring presumption to condemn God's proceedings, as Job had done by his discontents. Elihu suggests divers considerations to Job, to produce in him high thoughts of God, and so to persuade him to submit. Job had often wished to plead his cause before God. Elihu asks…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 27-2827-28. The grounds of their punishment in Job 34:26. Job 34:28 states in what respect they "considered not God's ways," namely, by oppression, whereby "they caused the cry," &c.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 34
- 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
- EGW Writings
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